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Apte Dictionary

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

उपसर्जनम्upasarjanam1 Pouring on.
1. 1 Pouring on.
2. A misfortune, calamity (as an eclipse), portent; ज्योतिषां चोपसर्जने (अनध्यायान्) Ms.4.15.
3. Leaving.
4. Eclipsing.
5. Any person or thing subordinate to another, a substitute.
6. (In Grammar) A word which either by composition or derivation loses its original independent character, while it also determines the sense of another word (Opposite of प्रधान);Exempli gratia, for example in पाणिनीयः a pupil of पाणिनि, पाणिनि becomes उपसर्जन; or in राजपुरुषः, राजन् is उपसर्जन, having lost its independent character; ParasmaipadaI.2.43,48,57; II.2.3; IV.1.14,54; VI.3.82; आचार्योपसर्जनश्चान्तेवासी.
7. A kind of war-manoeuvre; तथा प्राग्भवनं चापसरणं तूपसर्जनम् Śuka.4.115.
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