upadeSaH 1 Instruction, teaching, advice, prescription; suSikzitopi sarva upadeSena nipuRo Bavati M. 1 (see the act inter alia ); sTiropadeSAmupadeSakAle prapedire prAktanajanmavidyAH Ku. 1. 30 ; acirapravfttopadeSaM nAwyaM M. 1 , 2. 10 ; Ś. 2. 3 ; Ms. 8. 272 ; Amaru. 26 ; R. 12. 57 ; K. 26 ; M. 6 ; paropadeSe pAMqityaM H. 1. 103. 2 Pointing out or referring to: SabdAnAmitaretaropadeSaH Nir. 3 Specification, mentioning, naming. 4 A plea, pretext. 5 Initiation, communication of an initiatory Mantra or formula; caMdrasUryagrahe tIrTe sidDakzetre SivAlaye . maMtramAtraprakaTanamupadeSaH sa ucyate .. . 6 (In gram. ) A form in a rule, an indicatory form; any word or part of a word, such as an affix, augment &c. with its anubandhas which show what ( pb ) particular grammatical rules are to be applied. Comp. — arTavAkyaM, -vacanaM a parable, moral fable. — sahasrI N. of a philosophical work by Śaṅkarācārya.