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upasarjana

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upa-sarjana n. (ifc. mf[ā]n.) the act of pouring upon KātyŚr

• infusion Car

• an inauspicious phenomenon, eclipse Mn. iv, 105

• anything or any person subordinate to another Mn

• a substitute, representation Nyāyam. &c

• (in Gr.) 'subordinate, secondary' (opposed to pradhāna), any word which by composition or derivation loses its original independence while it also determines the sense of another word (e.g. the word rājan in rājapuruṣa, 'a king's servant or minister', and the word apiśali in āpiśala Pāṇ. 1-2, 43, &c. ; vi, 2, 36

• in a Bahu-vrīhi compound both members are upasarjana

• in other compounds generally the first member Pāṇ. 2-2, 30

• for exceptions, Pāṇ. 2-2, 31)

• (ī), f. (upa-sárjanī) infusion ŚBr. i KātyŚr