upári ind. (as a separable adverb) above, upon, on, upwards, towards the upper side of (opposed to adhas and nīcā, e.g. upari-√ yā, to go upwards; sometimes written with a following word as if compounded with it, see below);
besides, in addition to, further (sahasraṃ śatāny upari cāṣṭau, 1000 and 800 in addition)
afterwards (e.g. upari payaḥ pibet, he should drink milk afterwards)
upary upari, higher and higher
repeatedly, continuously, [RV.] &c. (As a separable preposition, with acc. loc., or gen.) over, above, upon, on, at the head of, on the upper side of, beyond (e.g. upari śailaṃ-√ gam, to go over the mountain; upari laṅkāyāṃ samprāptaḥ saḥ, he arrived over Laṅkā; upary upari sarveṣām atiṣṭhat, he stood at the very head of all; ātmānaṃ tasya upari kṣiptvā, having thrown himself upon him)
in connection with, with reference to, with regard to, towards (with gen., e.g. mamopari vikāritaḥ, changed in feeling with regard to me; putrasyopari kruddhaḥ, enraged towards his son)
after (with abl., e.g. muhūrtād upari, after a minute; see also tad-upari &c.), [RV.] &c.;
[cf. Zend upairi; Goth. ufar; Old Germ. obar; Mod. Germ. über; Eng. over; Gk. ὑπέρ; Lat. super.]
may stand first in a compound, as in the following examples: