upadharmabhiḥ

úpa

upa-gamana, approaching;
in the Veda the verb has sometimes to be supplied from the context,
andﾠ sometimes upa is placed after the verb to which it belongs,
e.g.. āyayurupa = upâ̱yayuḥ, they approached)
(As unconnected with verbs andﾠ prefixed to nouns upa expresses)
direction towards, nearness, contiguity in space, time, number, degree, resemblance, andﾠ relationship,
but with the idea of subordination andﾠ inferiority
(e.g.. upa-kanishṭhikā, the finger next to the little finger;
upa-purāṇam, a secondary orﾠ subordinate Purāṇa;
upa-daṡa, nearly ten);
sometimes forming with the nouns to which it is prefixed compound adverbs (e.g.. upa-mūlam, at the root;
upa-pūrva-rātram, towards the beginning of night;
upa-kūpe, near a well) which lose their adverbial terminations if they are again compounded with nouns (e.g.. upakūpa-jalâ̱ṡaya, a reservoir in the neighbourhood of a well);
prefixed to proper names upa may express in classical literature « a younger brother»
(e.g.. upêndra, « the younger brother of Indra»),
andﾠ in Buddhist literature « a son»
(As a separable adverb upa rarely expresses)
thereto, further, moreover
(e.g.. tatrôpabrahmayoveda,
who further knows the Brahman) RV. AV. ṠBr. PārGṛ. ;
(As a separable preposition)
near to, towards, in the direction of, under, below
(with acc. e.g.. upaāṡāḥ, towards the regions);
near to, at, on, upon;
at the time of, upon, up to, in, above (with loc. e.g.. upasānushu, on the tops of the mountains);
with, together with, at the same time with, according to (with inst. e.g.. upadharmabhiḥ, according to the rules of duty) RV. AV. ṠBr. upa, besides the meanings given above, is said by native authorities to imply disease, extinction;
ornament;
command;
reproof;
undertaking;
giving;
killing;
diffusing;
wish;
power;
effort;
resemblance, etc.;
+ cf. Zd. upa;
Gk. ὑπό;
Lat. sub;
Goth. uf;
Old Germ. oba;
Mod. Germ. ob in Obdach, obliegen, etc.