○kāra mfn. productive of good qualities, profitable W. [Page 357, Column 2]
• m. (in math.) the multiplier Āryabh. ii, 23 VarBṛ. viii, 4 Sch.
• 'preparing side-dishes or any secondary article of food', Bhīma-sena (who performed the duties of a cook while the Pāṇḍava princes were servants to Virāṭa MBh. iv, 28 ff. ; 231 ff.) L.