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.
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 ||]