(p. 168) upādhyāẏa surname or title of an upcountry Brahmin; a professor or reader; a teacher; an instructor; a professional teacher or reader of the Vedas. উপাধ্যায়া, উপাধ্যায়ী n. fem. a female professor or reader; a ladyteacher; an instructress. উপাধ্যায়ী, উপাধ্যায়ানী n. fem. the wife of a professor or reader or instructor or of a professional teacher of the Vedas. 30)

(p. 944) śikṣaka a teacher; a tutor (fem. tutoress, tutress); a professor; a trainer, an instructor (fem. instructress); a preceptor (fem. preceptress). ̃তা n. teachership; tutorage, tutorship; professorship; the profession of a teacher. শিক্ষকতা করা v. to work or act as a teacher, to teach. ̃সমিতি n. a teachers' council. 32)