उपपदम्

{ upapadam }

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

उपपदम् [upapadam]   1 A word prefixed or previously uttered; धनुरुपपदं वेदम् [Ki.18.44] (धनुर्वेदम्); तस्याः स राजोपपदं निशान्तम् [R.16.4.]
A title, a degree; epithet of respect, such as आर्य, शर्मन्; कथं निरुपपदमेव चाणक्यमिति न आर्यचाणक्यमिति [Mu.3.]
A secondary word of a sentence, a preposition, particle &c. prefixed to a verb or a noun derived from a verb which determines or qualifies the sense of the verb; उपपदमतिङ् [P.II.2.19;] (see Sk. thereon). ˚तत्पुरुषः a kind of Tat. comp. in which the last member is some form of a verbal character; e. g. वेदविद्, ग्रामणी, आकर्णलम्बिन् &c.