उपपद [ upapada ] [ upa-pada ] n. a word standing near or accompanying another to which it is subordinate (either a subordinate word in a compound ( but not in a Bahu-vrīhi compound ) generally forming the first member , or a discriminative appellation at the end of proper names , as [ varman ] , [ śarman ] ; or a preposition , particle prefixed to a verb or noun ; or a secondary word of any kind which is governed by or limits the general idea contained in the principal word) Lit. Pāṇ. Lit. VPrāt. Lit. Sarvad.

( [ vṛkṣāḥ kalpo-papadāḥ ] , " those trees which have the word [ kalpa ] as accompanying word " = [ kalpa-vṛkṣāḥ ] Lit. Śiś. iii 59 ; cf. Lit. Ragh. xvi , 40)

a bit , little Lit. L.