The corpus record — Pali
Okāra
only in stock phrase kāmānaṃ ādīnavo okāro sankileso DN.i.110 , DN.i.148 (= lāmaka-bhāva DN-a.i.277 ); MN.i.115 MN.i.379 , MN.i.405 sq.; MN.ii.145 ; AN.iv.186 ; Ne.42 (variant reading vokāra) Dhp-a.i.6 , Dhp-a.i.67 . The exact meaning is uncertain. Etymologically it would be degradation. But Bdhgh.
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only in stock phrase kāmānaṃ ādīnavo okāro sankileso DN.i.110, DN.i.148 (= lāmaka-bhāva DN-a.i.277); MN.i.115 MN.i.379, MN.i.405 sq.; MN.ii.145; AN.iv.186; Ne.42 (variant reading vokāra) Dhp-a.i.6, Dhp-a.i.67. The exact meaning is uncertain. Etymologically it would be degradation. But Bdhgh. prefers folly, vanity, and this suits the context better.
o + kāra fr. karoti, BSk. okāra, e.g. Mvu.iii.357
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