upAya · masculine (& adjective) · upāya 1
way
Upāya [from upa + i, cf. upaya] approach; figurative way, means, expedient, stratagem S III 53 f., 58; D III 220 (°kṣalla); Snp 321 (°ññū); Ja I 256; Nidd II §570 (for upaya); Pv-a 20, 31, 39, 45, 104, 161; Saddh 10, 12. 350, 385. — Cases adverbially; instrumental upāyena by artifice or means of a trick Pv-a 93; yena kenaci u. Pv-a 113. — ablative upāyaso by some means, somehow Ja III 443; V 401 (= upāyena commentary). anupāya wrong means Ja I 256; Saddh 405; without going near, without having a propensity for S I 181; M III 25. -kusala clever in resource Ja I 98; Nett 20; Pj II 274.
upāya , m. (= Skt. ), means : three, Dharmas 111 , sarvasattvāvabodhakaḥ, sattvārthābhāvakaḥ, kṣiprasukhābhisaṃbodhiḥ; six, of a Bodhisattva, for sattvārthasyābhiniṣpattaye, Bbh 264.7—9 ; ānulomiko vibandhasthāyī visabhāgāśayaḥ avaṣṭambhajaḥ kṛtapratikṛtikaḥ viśuddhaś ca ṣaṣṭha upāyaḥ. (They are explained in great detail.)
(masculine) way, means; expedient; appropriate way, successful means; strategy, stratagem; (adjective) going to; being involved
【陽】 方法，資源。~kusala,【形】對資源的聰明。~kosalla,【中】 聰明於手段。
(masc, masc, from upeti) means; method; way way, means, resource Construction: upa + √i > ay + *a
(masc, masc, from upeti) attraction (to); interest (in); engagement (with); attachment (to) [lit.] going near Construction: upa + √i > ay + *a
(masc, masc, from upeti) bias Construction: upa + √i > ay + *a