upADyAyaH [ upetyADIyate asmAt , upa-aDi-i-GaY ] 1 A teacher or preceptor in general. 2 Particularly, a spiritual teacher, religious preceptor; (by Y. 1. 35 , a sub-teacher who instructs for wages only in a part of the Veda and is inferior to an AcArya; ekadeSamupADyAyaH ); cf. Ms. 2. 141 ; — ekadeSaM tu vedaraya vedAMgAnyapi vA punaH . yo'DyApayati vfttyarTamupADyAyaH sa ucyate .. see aDyApaka and under AcArya also. — yA A female preceptor. — yI 1 A female preceptor. 2 The wife of a preceptor.