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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपपदम्upapadam1 A word prefixed or previously uttered; धनुरुपपदं वेदम् Ki.18.44 (धनुर्वेदम्); तस्याः स राजोपपदं निशान्तम्…
1. 1 A word prefixed or previously uttered; धनुरुपपदं वेदम् Ki.18.44 (धनुर्वेदम्); तस्याः स राजोपपदं निशान्तम् R.16.4.
2. A title, a degree; epithet of respect, such as आर्य, शर्मन्; कथं निरुपपदमेव चाणक्यमिति न आर्यचाणक्यमिति Mu.3.
3. A secondary word of a sentence, a preposition, particle etc. prefixed to a verb or a noun derived from a verb which determines or qualifies the sense of the verb; उपपदमतिङ् ParasmaipadaII.2.19; (see Sk. thereon). denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedतत्पुरुषः a kind of Tat purusha comp. in which the last member is some form of a verbal character; Exempli gratia, for example वेदविद्, ग्रामणी, आकर्णलम्बिन् etc.
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