upADyAya:- upADy-Aya

upADy-Aya ¦ m. (√ i), a teacher, preceptor (who subsists by teaching a part of the Veda or Vedāṅgas, grammar &c.; he is distinguished from the Ācārya q.v.), Mn. iv, 141, &c.; Yājñ. i, 35; MBh.; Śak. &c.