upa-√ 1. kṛ P. Ā. -karoti, -kurute, to bring or put near to, furnish with, provide, [Mn.]; [Vikr.]; [Ratnāv.]; to assist, help, favour, benefit, cause to succeed or prosper, [R.]; [Mn.]; [Megh.] &c.; to foster, take care of; to serve, do homage to (with acc.; only Ā. by, [Pāṇ. i, 3, 32]; but See [MBh. i, 6408]), [ŚBr.]; [Rājat.] &c.; to undertake, begin, set about, [R.]; to scold, insult, [Vop. xxiii, 25]; upa-skṛ (s inserted or perhaps original) Ā. -skurute, to add, supply, [Pāṇ.]; [Vop.]; [Siddh.]; to furnish with; to prepare, elaborate, arrange, get ready; to adorn, decorate, ornament; to deform, disfigure, derange, disorder, spoil; to take care for, [Pāṇ.]; [Bhaṭṭ.], [Kāś.]; to bring together, assemble.