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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 69, col. 2.
    avakāra , m. (1) see avakara; (2) okāraṃ acc. sg.

    (= Pali okāra, in phrase kāmānaṃ ādīnavo okāro saṃ-

    kileso; cf. Pali anavakāra), perhaps elimination, getting rid

    (sc. of desires): Mv iii.357.13 kāmeṣu bhayaṃ okāraṃ

    (mss. okara-) saṃkileśaṃ, in regard to desires (he preached)

    the danger of them, the elimination of them, their impurity.

    Senart's em. seems confirmed by the Pali.