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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for अधिकार

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अधिकारadhikāra1 Superintendence, watching over; स्त्रीषु कष्टोऽधिकारः V.3.1; यः पौरवेण राज्ञा धर्माधिकारे नियुक्तः Ś.1…
    1. 1 Superintendence, watching over; स्त्रीषु कष्टोऽधिकारः V.3.1; यः पौरवेण राज्ञा धर्माधिकारे नियुक्तः Ś.1 superintendence of religious matters.
    2. Duty, office, charge; power, post of authority; authority; मन्त्राधि- कारः Kau. Atmanepada 1 निर्णयाधिकारे ब्रवीमि M.1. I say this in the capacity of a judge; अविश्रमोऽयं लोकतन्त्राधिकारः Ś.5; द्वीपिनस्ताम्बूलाधिकारो दत्तः Pt.1, तुल्योद्योगस्तव दिनकृतश्चाधिकारो मतो नः V.2.1.; अर्थdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied administration of pecuniary matters स्वाधिकारात् प्रमत्तः Me.1; अधिकारे मम पुत्रको नियुक्तः M.5; यः सर्वाधिकारे नियुक्तः प्रधानमन्त्री स करोतु, अनुजीविना परdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied चर्चा न कर्तव्या H.2; शिल्पाधिकारे योग्येयं दारिका M.1 fit to be initiated in to the fine arts.
    3. Sovereignty, government or administration, jurisdiction, rule; स्वाधिकार- भूमौ वर्तिष्यते Ś.7 seat of government or jurisdiction, denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedखेदं निरूप्य Ś.5.
    4. Position, dignity, rank; हृताधिकारां मलिनाम् Y.1.7 deprived of the position or rights or privileges of a wife.
    5. (a) Right, authority, privilege, claim, title (as to wealth, property etc.); right of ownership or possession; अधिकारः फले स्वाम्यमथिकारी च तत्प्रभुः S. D.296; वत्सेऽधिकारः स्थितः Mv.4.38 it now belongs to the child. (b) Qualification or authority to perform certain specified duties, civil, sacrificial, religious etc.; as the अधिकार of a king to rule and protect, of a Brāhmaṇa to sacrifice, of a Vaiśya to till or trade etc.; शूद्रोऽधिकारहीनोऽपि Y.3.262; with Locative; निषेकादिस्मशा- नान्तो मन्त्रैर्यस्योदितो विधिः । तस्य शास्त्रेऽधिकारोऽस्मिन् ज्ञेयो नान्यस्य कस्यचित् Ms.2.16; श्राद्धाधिकारसम्पदस्तु इति भवन्तो ब्रुवन्तु (repeated in Śrāddha ceremonies).
    6. Prerogative of a king.
    7. Effort, exertion; कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन Bg.2.47 your business is with action alone etc.
    8. Relation, reference; स राघवस्तत्र तदा प्रलापाञ् शुश्राव लोकस्य समागतस्य । आत्माधिकारा विविधाश्च वाचः Rām.2.17.43. कथा विचित्राः पृतनाधिकाराः Mb.
    9. Place Equivalent to अधिकरण; महत्खलु पुरुषाधिकारं ज्योतिः M.1.
    10. A topic, paragraph or section; प्रायश्चित्तdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Mit.; See अधिकरण.
    11. Counting, enumeration, occasion for counting; संसत्सु जाते पुरुषाधिकारे Ki. 3.51 (गणनाप्रस्तावे).
    12. (In Grammar) A head or governing rule, which exerts a directing or governing influence over other rules; Exempli gratia, for example सर्वस्य द्वे ParasmaipadaVIII.1.1; समर्थानां प्रथमाद्वा; प्राग्दीव्यतोऽण् IV.1.82-3; तत्पुरुषः II. 1.22; अधिकारोऽयं Sk. (This अधिकार is of three kinds; सिंहावलोकितं चैव मण्डूकप्लुतमेव च । गङ्गाप्रवाहवच्चापि अधिकारस्त्रिधा मतः ॥.) अधिकार also means a word or sūtra extending over in the following सूत्रs up to a particular limit.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -विधिः determination or statement of qualifications to do particular acts; as राजा राजसूयेन यजेत.

    • -स्थ -आढ्य Adjective possessed of authority, invested with office.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अधिकारadhikāram. authority
    1. masculine gender authority
    2. masculine gender government, rule, administration, jurisdiction
    3. masculine gender royalty, prerogative
    4. masculine gender title
    5. masculine gender rank
    6. masculine gender office
    7. masculine gender claim, right, especially to perform sacrifices with benefit
    8. masculine gender privilege, ownership
    9. masculine gender property
    10. masculine gender reference, relation
    11. masculine gender a topic, subject
    12. masculine gender a paragraph or minor section
    13. masculine gender (in grammar) government, a governing-rule (the influence of which over any number of succeeding rules is called anu-vr2itti अनु-वृत्ति quod vide)
    14. (in compound)
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अधिकारadhikāra[adhi-kâra] m. superintendence, administration, control, authority; office, post, dignity; sovereignty…

    [adhi-kâra] masculine superintendence, administration, control, authority; office, post, dignity; sovereignty; eligibility; claim to (locative); striving, endeavour for (locative); chapter (on, --˚); heading rule to be supplied with following rules till a new section (grammatical term); -purusha, masculine official; -vat, masculine the same; -stha, adjective official, in office; - ͜ âdhya, adjective invested with authority.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · अधिकार

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