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उपसर्जनं (upasarjanaM)

 
Apte 1890
English
उपसर्जनं 1 Pouring on.
2 A misfortune, calamity (as an eclipse), portent
Ms. 4. 105.
3 Leaving.
4 Eclipsing.
5 Any person or thing subordinate to another, a substitute.
6 (In gram.) A word which either by composition or derivation loses its original independent character, while it also determines the sense of another word (opp. प्रधान)
e. g. in पाणिनीयः a pupil of पाणिनि, पाणिनि becomes उपसर्जन
or in राजपुरुषः, राजन् is उपसर्जन, having lost its independent character
P. I. 2. 43, 48, 57
II. 2. 30
IV. 1. 14, 54
VI. 3. 82
आचार्योपसर्जनश्चांतेवासी.