India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s15.t1.33

c8.s15.t1.33

(19) Names with the prefix *upa* were shortened in the opinion of Eastern teachers, by adding *aḍa* and *aka* (=*vuch*) (*Prāchāṁ upāder-aḍaj-vuchau cha*, V.3.80), *e.g.* Upendradatta shortened to Upaḍa and Upaka (in the east) and into Upiya, Upila and Upika according to other teachers (V.3.78-79), together with Upendradattaka.