उपरिष्टात् [upariṣṭāt] ind. [cf. उपर्युपरिष्टान्
[P.V.3.31] ]
As an adverb it means (a) Over, above, from above, on high; परहितकरणे नोपरिष्टान्न चाधः
[Bh.3.131;] [Y.1.16.] (b) Further or later on, afterwards; कल्याणावतंसा हि कल्याणसंपदुपरिष्टाद् भवति
[Māl.6;] इदमुपरिष्टाद् व्याख्यातम् in the sequel. (c) Behind (opp. पुरस्तात्); पुरसाच्चोपरिष्टाच्च अद्भिः परिदधति
[Ch. Up.5.2.2.] (As a preposition) it means (a) Over, upon (with gen., rarely acc.); स्फुटतरमुपरिष्टादल्पमूर्तेर्ध्रुवस्य स्फुरति सुरमुनीनां मण्डलं व्यस्तमेतत्
[Śi.11.3.] (b) Down upon. (c) Behind (with gen.)Comp.
-ज्योतिष्मती N. N. of a Vedic metre consisting of 43 or 44 syllables.
-ज्योतिः f. f. a verse of the Triṣṭubh metre, the last line of which consists of eight syllables.-बृहती N. of a Vedic metre having four Pādas, the first of which contains 12 syllables, each of the three others having only eight.