upadeṣṭṛ

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. Giving instruction or advice. --m. (ṣṭā) A teacher, precep- tor; especially a spiritual precep- tor; catvāro vayamṛtvijaḥ sa bhagavānkarmo- padeṣṭā hariḥ Ve. 1. 23.

Appears in 13 texts

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a. Giving instruction or advice. --m. (ṣṭā) A teacher, precep- tor; especially a spiritual precep- tor; catvāro vayamṛtvijaḥ sa bhagavānkarmo- padeṣṭā hariḥ Ve. 1. 23.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

9

Texts Appeared In

8

DCS: name of a writer on Kāmaśāstra

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Tantrāloka 2 22.2%
2. Aṣṭāvakragīta 1 11.1%
3. Carakasaṃhitā 1 11.1%
4. Haribhaktivilāsa 1 11.1%
5. Kūrmapurāṇa 1 11.1%

Concordance (Sample)

• Spandakārikānirṇaya surface: upadeṣṭrīṃ

  atha ca guruṃ paśyantyādikroḍīkārāt mahatīṃ bhāratīṃ parāṃ vācam tathā guror ācā

• Matsyapurāṇa surface: upadeṣṭāram

  tathopadeṣṭāramapi bhaktyā sampūjayedgurum

• Carakasaṃhitā surface: upadeṣṭā

  śiṣyaistu pratipattavyamupadeṣṭā punarvasuḥ