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upakkamena

upakkama

masc instr sg of upakkama (noun)

1. technique; means; method; lit. going towards
2. action; force; effort; lit. going towards
3. attack; violence; lit. going towards
4. striving; endeavour; action; lit. going towards
5. approach; strategy; way of dealing; lit. going towards

Etymology. upa + √kam + a; from √kam 'go'; Sanskrit upakrama [upakram]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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