Pāli Dictionary

akāra

aprefixkārastem

Part of speech

adjective

ethics

  • innocent, blameless (lit. ‘not-doing’, i.e. one who does no wrong)

ākāra

approximate

āprefixkarrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kar7to do; to make

Synonyms

magga, pariyāya, ñāya, niyāma, āsaya, naya, patha, upāya,

general

  • way; manner; method; mode

  • MN 18

    tesaṃ no, bhante, āyasmatā mahākaccānena imehi ākārehi imehi padehi imehi byañjanehi attho vibhatto'ti

  • DN 15

    yehi, ānanda, ākārehi yehi liṅgehi yehi nimittehi yehi uddesehi nāmakāyassa paññatti hoti, tesu ākāresu tesu liṅgesu tesu nimittesu tesu uddesesu asati api nu kho rūpakāye adhivacanasamphasso paññāyethā'ti? no h'etaṃ, bhante.

  • aspect; facet; feature; quality, attribute

  • MN 47

    tañ'ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhuṃ pare evaṃ puccheyyuṃ, ke pan'āyasmato ākārā, ke anvayā, yen'āyasmā evaṃ vadesi, abhay'ūparato ayam'āyasmā, n'āyam'āyasmā bhay'ūparato, vītarāgattā kāme na sevati khayā rāgassā'ti.

  • reason; evidence; a clue, indication

mind

  • disposition; tendency

ākara

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • a mine; a place of production or origin

  • a store; a treasury

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

nakara
  1. na

    not; no; neither; nor (negative particle; also as negative prefix in compounds)

  2. kara

    doing; making; producing, causing (esp. as the final member of a compound)

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