pakaraṇa

  1. performance, undertaking paragraph (of the law) DN.i.98 (“offence”? see Dial. i.120); SN.iii.91; Mil.189.
  2. occasion Vin.i.44 Vin.ii.75; Vin.iii.20.
  3. exposition, arrangement, literary work, composition, book; usually in titles only, viz Abhidhamma˚ Ja.i.312; Dpvs.v.37; Kathāvatthu Paṭṭhāna˚ Mil.12; Netti˚ one of the Canonical books (see netti).

fr. pa + kṛ.