Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry अध्यापक

अध्यापकadhyāpakaपनम् [panam], पनम् अध्याय See under अधि.
पनम् panam, पनम् अध्याय See under अधि.
Derived forms and compounds
- अध्यापकः adhyāpakḥ अधि-इ-णिच्-ण्वुल् A teacher, preceptor, instructor; especially of the Vedas; व्याकरणdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, न्यायdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied professor or Plusteacher of 2grammar, logic etc.; भृतकdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied a hired teacher, mercenary teacher; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedउदितः styled a professor. According to Viṣṇu-Smṛiti an adhyāpaka is of 2 kinds: he is either an Achārya id est, that is one who invests a boy with the sacred thread and initiates him into the Vedas, or he is an Upādhyāya id est, that is one who teaches for livelihood (वृत्त्यर्थम्) See Ms.2.14-141. and the two words. [उपनीय तु यः शिष्यां वेदमध्यापयेद्द्विजः । सकल्पं सरहस्यं च तमाचार्यं प्रचक्षते ॥ एकदेशं तु वेदस्य वेदाङ्गान्यपि वा पुनः । योऽध्यापयति कृत्त्यर्थमुपाध्यायः स उच्यते ॥]
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