Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
Root
gam1go
general
Upaka, name of an arahant
SN 1.50
upako palagaṇḍo ca, pukkusāti ca te tayo, bhaddiyo khaṇḍadevo ca, bāhuraggi ca siṅgiyo. te hitvā mānusaṃ dehaṃ, dibbayogaṃ upaccagun'ti.
Upaka, name of the Ājīvaka ascetic who was the first person the Buddha met after his awakening
MN 26
addasā kho maṃ, bhikkhave, upako ājīvako antarā ca gayaṃ antarā ca bodhiṃ addhānamaggappaṭipannaṃ. disvāna maṃ etadavoca, vippasannāni kho te, āvuso, indriyāni, parisuddho chavivaṇṇo pariyodāto!
Part of speech
adjective
general
approaching; who visits; frequenting
SN 16.4
asakkaccaṃ denti, no sakkaccaṃ, tena bhikkhu sandīyati, so tatonidānaṃ dukkhaṃ domanassaṃ paṭisaṃvedayati. evarūpo kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu na arahati kūla-upako hotuṃ.
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Upaka
PersonAn Ājīvaka ascetic whom the Buddha met on the road to Isipatana just after his enlightenment and who, after failing to grasp the Buddha’s teaching, later fell in love with a huntsman’s daughter, married her, and eventually sought out the Buddha again.
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