upacAraH 1 Service, attendance; honouring, worshipping, entertaining; Mk. 4 ; asKalitopacArAM R. 5. 20 ; K. 344. 2 Civility, politeness, courtesy, polite behaviour, (external display of courtesy); °pariBrazwaH H. 1. 133 devoid of civility, uncourteous; °viDirmanasvinInAM M. 3. 3 ; upacArErupAcarat Ks. 16. 29 ; miTyopacArESca vaSIkftAnAM H. 1. 78 ; nopacAreRa brUyAH Rām. ; °padaM na cedidaM Ku. 4. 9 a merely complimentary saying, a flattering compliment; °mAtramaDuraM K. 222 , 207 ; M. 4 ; °kriyA Ms. 8. 357 showing marks of favour, courting, (sending perfumes &c.). 3 Salutation, usual or customary obeisance, homage; nopacAramarhaMti Ś. 3. 18 ; °yaMtraRayA M. 4 ; °atikramaM 4 , 5 ; °aMjaliH R. 3. 11 folding the hands in salutation. 4 A form or mode of address or salutation; rAmaBadra ityeva mAM pratyupacAraH SoBate tAtaparijanasya U. 1 ; yaTA gurustaTopacAreRa 6 ; V. 5 ; Śi. 9. 78. 5 External show or form, ceremony; prAvfzeRyEreva liMgErmama rAjopacAraH V. 4 royal service, pomp or state of royalty; BUzaRAdyupacAreRa Mu. 3. 23 v. l. 6 A remedy, physicking, application of cure or remedy; SiSira° Dk. 15 ; ( pb ) SIta° Pt. 1 ; Dk. 23 ; K. 102. 7 Practice, performance, art, conduct, management, procedure; vratacaryA° Ms. 1. 111 ; prasADana° 10. 32 , 9. 259 ; kAmopacArezu Dk. 81 in the conduct of love-affairs; samaMtraM sopacAraM ( astraM ) Mb. ; aveSasadfSapraRayopacArAM Mk. 8. 23 course of love &c.; vAkyopacAre kuSalA Rām. skilled in the employment of words; use, usage; yatra lOkikAnAmupacAraH v. l. for vyAhAraH in U. 6. 8 Means of doing homage or showing respect; prakIrRABinavopacAraM (rAjamArgaM) R. 7. 4 (hanging garlands &c.); 5. 41. 9 Hence, any necessary or requisite article (of worship, ceremony, decoration, furniture &c.); presenting flowers, perfumes &c.; sanmaMgalopacArARAM R. 10. 77 ; kxptopacArAM caturasravedIM Ku. 7. 88 ; kusumEH kftopacAraH V. 2 ; so °ramaRIyatayA Ś. 6 ; °vatsu maMcezu R. 6. 1 the necessary decorations (canopy &c.); (the Upachāras or articles of worship are variously numbered, being 5, 10, 16, 18 or 64). 10 Behaviour, conduct, demeanour; vESyaSUdropacAraM ca Ms. 1. 116 ; (religious) conduct in life; sADUnAmupacArajYaH Rām. ; parijana° Mk. 1. 11 Use, employment; K. 183. 12 Any religious performance, a ceremony; prayuktapARigrahaRopacArO Ku. 7. 86 ; Mv. 1. 24. 13 ( a ) Figurative or metaphorical use, secondary application ( opp. muKya or primary sense); acetanepi cetanavadupacAradarSanAt S. B; kUlaM pipatizatItyacetanepi kUle cetanavadupacAro dfSyate Mbh. on P. IV. 3. 86 personification; so CatriRo gacCaMtItyekenApi CatriRA bahUnAM CatriMtvopacAradarSanAt Ś. B. ; karaRe kartftvopacArAt ibid. ; na cAsya karaDftatvaM tattvatostIti muKyepi upacAra eva SaraRaM syAt K. P. 10. ( b ) Supposed or fancied identification founded on resemblance; uBayarUpA ceyaM SudDA upacAreRAmiSritatvAt K. P. 2. ( S. D. explains upacAra by utyaMtaM viSakalitayoH sAdfSyAtiSayamahimnA BedapratItisTaganamAtraM ). 14 A bribe. 15 A pretext; Śi. 10. 2 . 16 A request, solicitation. 17 Occurrence of s and z in the place of Visarga.