Steps, stairs, a staircase, ladder; ārohaṇārthaṃ navayauvanena kāmasya sopānamiva prayuktaṃ Ku. 1. 39. Comp. paṃktiḥ f. pathaḥ, paddhatiḥ f. paraṃparā, mārga a flight of steps, a stair-case; vāpī cāsmin marakataśilābaddhasopānamārgā Me. 76; samārurukṣurdivamāyuṣaḥ kṣaye tatāna sopānaparaṃparamiva R. 3. 69, 6. 3, 16. 56.