उप-पद n. n. a word standing near or accompanying another to which it is subordinate (either a subordinate word in a compound [but not in a
बहु-व्रीहि compound] generally forming the first member, or a discriminative appellation at the end of proper names, as
वर्मन्,
शर्मन् &c.; or a preposition, particle &c. prefixed to a verb or noun; or a secondary word of any kind which is governed by or limits the general idea contained in the principal word),
[Pāṇ.] ;
[VPrāt.] ;
[Sarvad.] वृक्षाः कल्पो-पपदाः (, ‘those trees which have the word
कल्प as accompanying word’ =
कल्प-वृक्षाः,
[Śiś. iii 59] ;
cf. [Ragh. xvi, 40] )
ROOTS:
वृक्षाः कल्पो पपदाः
a bit, little,
[L.]