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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 51, col. 2.
    adhyāpakaḥ [adhi-i-ṇic-ṇvul] A teacher, preceptor, instructor; especially of the Vedas; vyākaraṇa°, nyāya° professor or teacher of grammar, logic &c.; bhṛtaka° a hired teacher, mercenary teacher; °uditaḥ styled a professor. According to Viṣṇu Smṛti an adhyāpaka is of

    2 kinds: he is either an Ācārya 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 (vṛttyarthaṃ) See Ms. 2. 140-141 and the two words.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 68.
    adhyāpakaḥ [adhi-i-ṇic-ṇvul] A teacher, preceptor, instructor; especially of the Vedas; vyākaraṇa˚, nyāya˚ professor or teacher of grammar, logic &c.; bhṛtaka˚ a hired teacher, mercenary teacher; ˚uditaḥ styled a professor. According to Viṣṇu-Smṛiti 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 Ms.2.140-141. and the two words. [upanīya tu yaḥ śiṣyāṃ vedamadhyāpayeddvijaḥ | sakalpaṃ sarahasyaṃ ca tamācāryaṃ pracakṣate || ekadeśaṃ tu vedasya vedāṅgānyapi vā punaḥ | yo'dhyāpayati kṛttyarthamupādhyāyaḥ sa ucyate ||]

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 40.
    adhyāpakaḥ , tri, (adhi + iṅ + ṇic + ṇvul .)
    adhyāpanakarttā . pāṭhaguruḥ . adhyāpayitā . tatpa-
    ryyāyaḥ . upādhyāyaḥ 2 . ityamaraḥ ..