Upakāraka (adjective) [from upakāra] serviceable, helping, effective Ja V 99; Vism 534. — feminine upakārikā 1. benefactress, helper Ja III 437. 2. fortification (strengthening of the defence) on a city wall D I 105, see Sv I 274 and cf. parikkhāra; M I 86 (= Nidd II §199 6 ). 3. (philosophy) = cause (that which is an aid in the persistence or happening of any given thing) Tikapaṭṭhāna I 11
(adj, adj, from upakaroti) helpful; supportive; assistive helping, effective, who helps [lit.] doing near Construction: upa + √kar > kār + *aka