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Definition[1]

vokāra : [m.] 1. a constituent of being, i,e, a khandha ; 2. trouble.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Vokāra [v(i)+okāra; cp. vikāra] 1. difference Sn 611. - 2. constituent of being (i. e. the khandhas), usually as eka˚, catu˚ & pañca˚ -- bhava, e. g. Kvu 261; Vbh 137; Tikp 32, 36 sq.; Vism 572; KhA 245; SnA 19, 158. In this meaning vokāra is peculiar to the Abhidhamma and is almost synonymous with vikāra 4, and in the Yamaka with khandha, e. g. pañca v., catu v. etc. <-> 3. worthless thing, trifle S ii.29. -- 4. inconvenience, disadvantage (cp. vikāra 3) PvA 12 (line 1 read: anek' ākāra -- vokāraŋ).

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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