Adhyapaka, Adhyāpaka, Ādhyāpaka: 15 definitions

Introduction
India history
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1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
4. Kannada
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Introduction:

Adhyapaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Adhyapak.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Adhyāpaka.—(EI 32), a teacher. Note: adhyāpaka is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

adhyāpaka (अध्यापक).—m (S) A teacher, esp. an instructor in the sacred books.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

adhyāpaka (अध्यापक).—m A teacher, instructor.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhyāpaka (अध्यापक).—[adhi-i-ṇic-ṇvul] A teacher, preceptor, instructor; especially of the Vedas; व्याकरण°, न्याय° (vyākaraṇa°, nyāya°) professor or teacher of grammar, logic &c.; भृतक° (bhṛtaka°) a hired teacher, mercenary teacher; °उदितः (uditaḥ) styled a professor. According to Viṣṇu-Smṛti an adhyāpaka is of 2 kinds : he is either an Achārya i. e. one who invests a boy with the sacred thread and initiates him into the Vedas, or he is an Upādhyāya i. e. one who teaches for livelihood (vṛttyartham) See Manusmṛti 2.14-141. and the two words. [उपनीय तु यः शिष्यां वेदमध्यापयेद्द्विजः । सकल्पं सरहस्यं च तमाचार्यं प्रचक्षते ॥ एकदेशं तु वेदस्य वेदाङ्गान्यपि वा पुनः । योऽध्यापयति कृत्त्यर्थमुपाध्यायः स उच्यते (upanīya tu yaḥ śiṣyāṃ vedamadhyāpayeddvijaḥ | sakalpaṃ sarahasyaṃ ca tamācāryaṃ pracakṣate || ekadeśaṃ tu vedasya vedāṅgānyapi vā punaḥ | yo'dhyāpayati kṛttyarthamupādhyāyaḥ sa ucyate) ||]

Derivable forms: adhyāpakaḥ (अध्यापकः).

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Adhyāpaka (अध्यापक).—See under अधि (adhi).

See also (synonyms): adhyāpana, adhyāya.

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Ādhyāpaka (आध्यापक).—[adhyāpaka eva svārthe aṇ] A teacher, a spiritual preceptor.

Derivable forms: ādhyāpakaḥ (आध्यापकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhyāpaka (अध्यापक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A teacher, one who instructs in the sacred books. E. adhi, and iṅ to go, in the causal form, and vun aff.

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Ādhyāpaka (आध्यापक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A teacher, a scriptual preceptor. E. āṅ prefixed to the causal of adhi to peruse, affix vun.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhyāpaka (अध्यापक).—i. e. adhi-i, [Causal.] + aka, m. A teacher, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 156.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhyāpaka (अध्यापक).—[masculine] teacher.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Adhyāpaka (अध्यापक):—[=adhy-āpaka] [from adhī] a mfn. a teacher (especially of sacred knowledge).

2) [=adhy-āpaka] b etc. See adhī.

3) Ādhyāpaka (आध्यापक):—m. a teacher, a religious preceptor (= adhyāpaka q.v.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhyāpaka (अध्यापक):—[tatpurusha compound] m.

(-kaḥ) 1) A teacher, esp. one who instructs in the sacred books.

2) (According to a legend in the Calcutta edition of the Harivaṃśa.) One of the sixteen Ṛtvijs (q. v.) or priests, who was produced together with the Neṣṭṛ from the thighs of Purushottama. The reading of the commentary, however, is acchāvāka (q. v.) and the list of priests mentioned there is differently given in the manuscripts; adhyāpaka does not usually occur as the name of a Ṛtvij. (In the first meaning adhyāpaka may be the latter part of [tatpurusha compound] compounds, the former of which stands in the sense of the genitive (f. i. brāhmaṇādhyāpaka one who instructs a Brāhmana) and as the latter part of several [karmadharaya compound] compounds; see f. i. kumārādhyāpaka, kaṭhādhyāpaka.) E. i (iṅ) with adhi, in the caus., kṛt aff. ṇvul.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Adhyāpaka (अध्यापक):—[adhyā+paka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A teacher.

2) Ādhyāpaka (आध्यापक):—[ā-dhyāpaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A teacher.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Adhyāpaka (अध्यापक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ajbhāvaya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Adhyapaka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Adhyāpaka (अध्यापक) [Also spelled adhyapak]:—(nm) a teacher; an educator, master; ~[pana] teaching, instruction; ~[pikā] (nf); ~[pakī vṛttī] teaching profession.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Adhyāpaka (ಅಧ್ಯಾಪಕ):—

1) [noun] a person who teaches, esp. as a profession; a teacher.

2) [noun] one who teaches the Vedas.

3) [noun] a person who writes or delivers a commentary ; a commentator; an interpreter.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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