○pati (yajñá-), m. lord of sṭsacrifice (applied to any one who institutes and bears the expense of a sacrifice) RV. Br. ŚrS.

• N. of Soma and Vishṇu (as gods in whose honour a sṭsacrifice is performed) VS. BhP.

• of an author (also with upâdhyāya) Cat.