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upakkamanti

upakkamati

pr 3rd pl of upakkamati (verb)

1. attacks; assaults (with); lit. goes towards
2. strives, undertakes, begins; lit. goes towards
3. approaches with a purpose; lit. goes towards

Etymology. upa + kama + ti; from √kam 'go'; Sanskrit upakrāmati [upakram]

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

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