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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sopakāra (सोपकार).—a.

1) = सोपकरण (sopakaraṇa).

2) Assisted, befriended.

3) Beneficial (as a deposit in pawn); न त्वेवाधौ सोपकारे कौसीदीं वृद्धिमाप्नुयात् (na tvevādhau sopakāre kausīdīṃ vṛddhimāpnuyāt) Manusmṛti 8.143.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sopakāra (सोपकार).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rī-raṃ) 1. Equipped, stocked, furnished or provided with necessary means or implements. 2. Assisted, abetted, befriended. E. sa with, upakāra an instrument or assistance.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sopakāra (सोपकार).—adj., f. rā. 1. beneficial, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 143 (which may be used for one’s profit). 2. equipped, stocked. 3. assisted, befriended.

Sopakāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and upakāra (उपकार).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sopakāra (सोपकार).—[adjective] beneficial.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Sopakāra (सोपकार):—[from sopakaraṇa] mfn. furnished with necessary means or implements, well equipped or stocked, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] (a deposit in pawn) from which profit accrues, beneficial, [Manu-smṛti viii, 143]

3) [v.s. ...] assisted, befriended, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sopakāra (सोपकार):—[so+pakāra] (raḥ-rī-raṃ) a. Equipped. stocked; provided for; befriended.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Upakara, Sha, Ca.

Starts with: Sopakaraka, Sopakarana.

Full-text: Sopakarana, Sopakaraka, Upakara.

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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)

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