Pāli Dictionary

upakkama

upaprefixkamrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kam1go

Synonyms

magga, pariyāya, ñāya, niyāma, vāyāma, āyāma, upāya, abhisaṅkhāra

Antonyms

anupakkama

general

  • striving; endeavour; effort; action

  • MN 101

    yasmiṃ no, āvuso gotama, samaye tibbo upakkamo hoti tibbaṃ padhānaṃ, tibbā tasmiṃ samaye opakkamikā dukkhā tibbā kaṭukā vedanā vediyāma, yasmiṃ pana no samaye na tibbo upakkamo hoti na tibbaṃ padhānaṃ, na tibbā tasmiṃ samaye opakkamikā dukkhā tibbā kaṭukā vedanā vediyāmā'ti.

  • means; method; expedient; strategy; treatment

  • AN 3.70

    kathañ'ca, visākhe, upakkiliṭṭhassa kāyassa upakkamena pariyodapanā hoti?

  • attack; assault; violence; torture

upakkamati

upaprefixkamrootasuffix

via inflected form upakkama · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

kam1go

general

  • attacks; assaults (with something)

  • MN 13

    te tattha kalahaviggahavivād'āpannā aññam'aññaṃ pāṇīhi'pi upakkamanti, leḍḍūhi'pi upakkamanti, daṇḍehi'pi upakkamanti, satthehi'pi upakkamanti. te tattha maraṇam'pi nigacchanti, maraṇamattam'pi dukkhaṃ.

  • AN 8.74

    manussā vā maṃ upakkameyyuṃ, amanussā vā maṃ upakkameyyuṃ, tena me assa kālakiriyā. so mama assa antarāyo'ti.

  • strives; undertakes; sets about; begins (an effort)

  • approaches (with a purpose); goes up to

  • SN 4.25

    yañ'hi mayaṃ samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā avītarāgaṃ iminā upakkamena upakkameyyāma hadayaṃ v'āssa phaleyya, uṇhaṃ lohitaṃ vā mukhato uggaccheyya, ummādaṃ vā pāpuṇeyya cittakkhepaṃ vā.

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