upa-kāra m. help, assistance, benefit, service, favour

• use, advantage MBh. Yājñ. Hit. Vikr. &c

• (upakāre-√vṛt, to be of service to another R.)

• preparation, ornament, decoration, embellishment (as garlands suspended at gateways on festivals, flowers &c.) Suśr. L

• (ī), f. a royal tent

• a palace

• a caravansery L

upa-kāra &c. upa- √1. kṛ