“One who teaches others a part of the Vedas or literatures supplementary to the Vedas may be called upadhyaya.” Upadhyaya also refers to one who teaches art

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"One who teaches others a part of the Vedas or literatures supplementary to the Vedas may be called upādhyāya" |"Upādhyāya also refers to one who teaches art"

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta

CC Antya-lila

“One who teaches others a part of the Vedas or literatures supplementary to the Vedas may be called upādhyāya.” Upādhyāya also refers to one who teaches art.

CC Antya 20.147, Translation and Purport

The mercy of their lotus feet is my spiritual master, and my words are my disciples, whom I have made dance in various ways.

Upādhyāyī, or upādhyāya, refers to one who teaches when approached (upetya adhīyate asmāt). In the Manu-saṁhitā it is said:

eka-deśaṁ tu vedasya vedāṅgāny api vā punaḥ

yo ‘dhyāpayati vṛtty-artham upādhyāyaḥ sa ucyate

“One who teaches others a part of the Vedas or literatures supplementary to the Vedas may be called upādhyāya.” Upādhyāya also refers to one who teaches art.