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Entry उपरिष्टात्

उपरिष्टात्upariṣṭātind.As an adverb it means (a) Over, above, from above, on high; परहितकरणे नोपरिष्टान्न चाधः Bh.3.131; Y.1.16. (b)…
[Compare उपर्युपरिष्टान् ParasmaipadaV.3.31]
1. As an adverb it means (a) Over, above, from above, on high; परहितकरणे नोपरिष्टान्न चाधः Bh.3.131; Y.1.16. (b) Further or later on, afterwards; कल्याणावतंसा हि कल्याणसंपदुपरिष्टाद् भवति Māl.6; इदमुपरिष्टाद् व्याख्यातम् in the sequel. (c) Behind (Opposite of पुरस्तात्); पुरसाच्चोपरिष्टाच्च अद्भिः परिदधति Ch. Up.5.2.2.
2. (As a preposition) it means (a) Over, upon (with Genitive, rarely Accusative); स्फुटतरमुपरिष्टादल्पमूर्तेर्ध्रुवस्य स्फुरति सुरमुनीनां मण्डलं व्यस्तमेतत् Śi.11.3. (b) Down upon. (c) Behind (with Genitive)Compound
Derived forms and compounds
- -ज्योतिष्मती Name of a Vedic metre consisting of 43 or 44 syllables.
- -ज्योतिः Feminine a verse of the Triṣṭubh metre, the last line of which consists of eight syllables.
- -बृहती Name of a Vedic metre having four Pādas, the first of which contains 12 syllables, each of the three others having only eight.
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