[upetyādhīyate asmāt, upa-adhi-i-ghañ] 1 A teacher or pre- ceptor in general.

2 Particularly, a spiritual teacher, religious pre- ceptor; (by Y. 1. 35, a sub-teacher who instructs for wages only in a part of the Veda and is inferior to an ācārya; ekadeśamupādhyāyaḥ); cf. Ms. 2. 141; ekadeśaṃ tu vedaraya vedāṃgānya- pi vā punaḥ. yo'dhyāpayati vṛttyarthamupādhyāyaḥ sa ucyate.. see adhyāpaka and under ācārya also....