upāka उपाक úpāka See upāñc. úpāka mf(A)n. brought near to each other, joined, approximate, (only e) f. du. (said of night and morning), [RV. i, 142, 7]; [x, 110, 6] (upā́ke), [AV. v, 12, 6]; [27, 8] upākarṇya उपाकर्ण्य ind.p. hearing, learning, [BhP.] upākaraṇa उपाकरण upā-karaṇa n. the act of bringing near, fetching, [ŚBr.]; [PārGṛ.] &c. setting about, preparation, beginning, commencing, [Āp.]; [ĀśvŚr.] & [ĀśvGṛ.]; [KātyŚr.] &c. commencement of reading the Veda (after the performance of preparatory rites, as initiation &c.), [ŚāṅkhGṛ. iv, 5, 1] N. of a particular Stotra or prayer at sacrifices, [KātyŚr. iii.] upākarman उपाकर्मन् upā-karman n. preparation, setting about, commencement (esp. of reading the Veda), [PārGṛ. ii]; [Mn. iv, 119]; [Yājñ.] upākarṇaya उपाकर्णय Nom. (fr. ā-karṇa). upākacakṣas उपाकचक्षस् upāká—cakṣas (upāká°), mfn. standing present before the eyes, to be seen from near at hand, [RV. viii, 6, 25.] upākarmavidhi उपाकर्मविधि upā-karma—vidhi m. N. of wk. upākaraṇavidhi उपाकरणविधि upā-karaṇa—vidhi m. N. of wk. upākarmaprayoga उपाकर्मप्रयोग upā-karma—prayoga m. N. of wk.