pot. p. 1 Affording a livelihood; Y. 2. 227.

2 Giving patronage, patronizing (as a king &c.).

3 (fig.) Supplying materi- als for writing, that from which one derives his materials; sarveṣāṃ kavimukhyānāmupajīvyo bhaviṣyati Mb. vyaḥ 1 A patron.

2 A source or authority (from which one derives his materials); ityalamupajīvyānāṃ mā- nyānāṃ vyākhyāneṣu kaṭākṣanikṣepeṇa S. D. 2. vyaṃ A means of subsistence.