upakaraRa · neuter · upakaraṇa 1
instrument
Upakaraṇa (neuter) [from upa + kr̥] help, service, support; means of existence, livelihood D II 340; A II 86; Ja I 7; Pv-a 60 (commodities), 133 (°manussa, adjective suitable, fit); Saddh 69. In general any instrument or means of achieving a purpose, viz. apparatus of a ship Ja IV 165; tunnavaya° a weaver's outfit Ja II 364; dabb° fit to be used as wood Vism 120; dān° materials for a gift Pv-a 105 (so read and cf. upakkhaṭa); nahān° bathing requisites Vv-a 248; vitt° luxuries A V 264 f., 283, 290 f.; Pv-a 71.
upakaraṇa , = bhoga, food : Bbh 246.24 upakaraṇavaikalya-jaṃ (duḥkham), one of 5 kinds of duḥkha, clearly = 293.10 bhoga-vaikalya-duḥkha-, pain due to defects in food ; prob. in this mg. Bbh 11.1 upakaraṇavikalasya jīvikāpekṣāyaṃ caturtha upakleśaḥ; MSV iii.19.20 ; 134.10 . Cf. upakāraṇa .
a useful object; means, instrument, implement; requisite
【中】 工具，配備，器具，必需品，幫忙，支援，準備。
(nt, nt, from upakaroti) equipment; tools; resources; means of subsistence instrument, outfit, utensils, requisites, provisions [lit.] supporting Construction: upa + √kar + aṇa
(nt, nt, act, from upakaroti) supporting; helping; assisting; benefiting (with) help, support Construction: upa + √kar + aṇa
(nt, nt, from upakaroti) something useful [lit.] supporting Construction: upa + √kar + aṇa