upakaraRaM 1 Doing service or favour, helping, assisting. 2 Material, implement, instrument, means; svezUpakaraRezu U. 5 ; °dravyaM Mk. 3 ; upakaraRIBAvamAyAti U. 3. 3 serve as helping instruments, or assistants; ( pb ) paropakAropakaraRaM SarIraM K. 207 ; so snAna° bathing materials; Pt. 1 ; vyAyAma° athletic materials; AtmA paropakaraRIkftaH H. 2. 24 ; K. 80 , 102 , 198 , 204 ; Y. 2. 276 , Ms. 9. 270. 3 An engine, machine, apparatus, paraphernalia (in general). 4 Means of subsistence, anything supporting life. 5 A means or expedient; karma° , veda°, yajYa° &c. 6 Fabricating, composing, elaborating. 7 The insignia of royalty. 8 The attendants of a king.