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Upaka (—°) [for °upaga] found only in combination kulūpaka where second k stands for g through assimilation with first k. Only with reference to a bhikkhu = one who frequents a certain family (for the purpose of getting alms), a family friend, associate Vin I 192, 208; III 84; S II 200 f.; A III 258 f.; Nidd II §385 1 ; Pv III 8 5 ; Pv-a 266. — feminine kulūpikā (bhikkhunī) Vin II 268; IV 66. — Sporadic in gayhūpaka (for °ūpaga) at Ja IV 219.
(=upaga),【形】接近的，屢次的。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Upaka</c> </b> (1) <br>An Ājivaka whom the Buddha met on his way between Gayā and the Bodhi Tree, after he set out from Isipatana for the preaching of the First Sermon. Upaka questioned the Buddha on his attainments, and when the Buddha told him what he had accomplished he asked the Buddha if he were “Anantajina.” When the Buddha acknowledged it, Upaka shook his bead saying, “It may be so, friend,” and went along by another road <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.i.8</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.170–171</c> The Saṃyutta Nikāya <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.i.35</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.i.60</c> records a visit paid to the Buddha by Upaka and six other beings born in Avihā.<br> <br> <b> <c c="#a00149">Upaka</c> </b> (2) Maṇḍikāputta<br>He once visited the Buddha at Gijjhakūṭa and stated before him his view that whoever starts abusive talk of another, without being able to make good his case, is blameworthy. The Buddha agrees and says that Upaka himself has been guilty of this offence. Upaka protests against being caught in a big noose of words, like a fish caught as soon as he pops up his head. The Buddha explains that it is necessary for him to teach with endless variations of words and similes. Upaka is pleased with the Buddha’s talk and reports the conversation to Ajātasattu. The king shows his anger at the man’s presumption in having remonstrated with the Buddha. <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.ii.181f.</c> <br>He was apparently of low caste, and Ajātasattu addresses him as “salt-worker’s boy” (loṇakārakadāraka). <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.ii.182</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc, from upagacchati) name of an arahant [lit.] going near Construction: upa + √gam > ga > ka
(masc, masc, from upagacchati) name of an ascetic; first person the Buddha met after his awakening [lit.] going near Construction: upa + √gam > ga > ka
(adj, adj, from upagacchati) who approaches; who visits approaching, frequenting [lit.] going near Construction: upa + √gam > ga > ka