ākāra
Ākāra,[a + karoti,kṛ] “the (way of) making”,i. e. (1) state,condition J.I,237 (avasan° condition of inhabitability); II,154 (patan° state of falling,labile equilibrium),cp. paṇṇ°. -- (2) property,quality,attribute D.I,76 (anāvila sabb°-sampanna endowed with all good qualities,of a jewel); II,157 (°varûpeta); J.II,352 (sabb° paripuṇṇa altogether perfect in qualities). -- (3) sign,appearance,form,D.I,175; J.I,266 (chātak° sign of hunger); Miln.24 (°ena by the sign of . .); VvA.27 (therassa ā. form of the Th.); PvA.90,283 (rañño ā. the king’s person); Sdhp.363. -- (4) way,mode,manner,sa-ākāra in all their modes D.I,13 = 82 = III,111; J.I,266 (āgaman° the mode of his coming). Esp. in Instr. sg. & pl. with num. or pron. (in this way,in two ways etc.):chah’ākārehi in a sixfold manner Nd2 680 (cp. kāraṇehi in same sense); Nett 73,74 (dvādasah’ākārehi); Vism.613 (navah’ākārehi indriyāni tikkhāni bhavanti); PvA.64 (yen’ākārena āgato ten’ākārena gato as he came so he went),99 (id.). ‹-› (5) reason,ground,account D.I,138,139; Nett 4,8 sq.,38; DhA.I,14; KhA 100 (in expln. of evaṁ). In this meaning freq. with dass (dasseti,dassana,nidassana etc.) in commentary style “what is meant by”,the (statement of) reason why or of,notion,idea PvA.26 (dātabb°dassana),27 (thoman°-dassana),75 (kāruññ °ṁ dassesi),121 (pucchan°-nidassanaṁ what has been asked); SnA 135 (°nidassana).
--parivitakka study of conditions,careful consideration,examination of reasons S.II,115; IV,138; A.II,191 = Nd2 151. (Page 93)