Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.6339

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(IE 8-3; EI 7), epithet of teachers; mentioned as a *Pātra*. (CII 3), a sub-teacher who is the instructor in only a part of the Veda, or in grammar and the other *Vedāṅgas*. *Upādhyāyini* (LL), a female teacher; the wife of an *Upādhyāya*. *upaga* (CII 1), suitable; cf. *manuṣy-opaga*, ‘beneficial to men’. *upagata* (CII 1), same as *saṅgata*, intimately associated; see *upeta*, etc. See *Ind. Ep.*, pp. 161 ff. *upagatā* (LP), a receipt. *upa-han* (CII 1), to harm; cf. *upaghāta*, injury. *upakara* (*Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XXXIV, p. 106, note 5), cf. *nikara* and *upaskara*. *upakārikā*, probably, a territorial unit around the headquarters of an administrative unit (*Ep. Ind.*, Vol. XV, p. 286). *upakhila*, cf. *sa-khil-opakhila* (Chamba), ‘together with fallow (*khila*) and partially fallow (*upakhila*) land’. See *pakhila*. *upaklpta* (EI 15; CII 3, 4), a levy; probably, the tax on temporary tenants or the unfixed taxes or minor income; cf. *sa-klpt-opaklpta* (IE 8-5), also *klpta*, *klpta-kara*, *udraṅga* and *uparikara*. *upakrama-karaṇa*, cf. *karaṇa* (LP); the department of new undertakings. *upakṣaya* (LP), expense; ‘other expenses’; cf. *s-opakṣaya*, *sañjāt-opakṣaya*, ‘expenses incurred’. *upakṣiti* (IE 8-5; EI 33), probably, tax on inferior land; may also be the same as *upakṣaya*. *upalakṣita* (*Select Inscriptions*, p. 202), ‘examined’. *upāna* (SITI), the first moulding above the plinth, in the construction of temples. *upanidhi* (IE 8-5; EI 12), same as *nikṣepa*; cf. *nidhi*. *upanipātaka* (CII 3), same as *upapātaka*. *upapātaka* (CII 3), sins of the second degree. *upapīṭha* (SII 2), a lower pedestal; cf. *pīṭha*; also *upapīṭhaṭṭukaṇḍappaḍai*, the lower tier of the basement of a temple. *Upapradhānin* (ASLV), an executive officer lower in rank than the *Pradhānin*. *Uparahiṇḍiya* (LP), a tax-inspector.