adhikāra

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀅𑀥𑀺𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
  • अधिकार (Devanagari script)
  • অধিকার (Bengali script)
  • අධිකාර (Sinhalese script)
  • အဓိကာရ or ဢꩪိၵႃရ (Burmese script)
  • อธิการ or อะธิการะ (Thai script)
  • ᩋᨵᩥᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອຘິກາຣ or ອະຘິກາຣະ (Lao script)
  • អធិការ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄙𑄨𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अधिकार (adhikāra); analysable as adhi- +‎ kāra.

Noun

adhikāra m

  1. management
  2. office
  3. aspiration
  4. chapter, section
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, page 254; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      काले इच्चेतं अस्हिकारत्थं वेदितब्बं॥
      Kāle iccetaṃ adhikāratthaṃ veditabbaṃ.
      Note that time when is the purpose of the section

Declension
Declension table of "adhikāra" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)adhikāroadhikārā
Accusative (second)adhikāraṃadhikāre
Instrumental (third)adhikārenaadhikārehi or adhikārebhi
Dative (fourth)adhikārassa or adhikārāya or adhikāratthaṃadhikārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)adhikārasmā or adhikāramhā or adhikārāadhikārehi or adhikārebhi
Genitive (sixth)adhikārassaadhikārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)adhikārasmiṃ or adhikāramhi or adhikāreadhikāresu
Vocative (calling)adhikāraadhikārā

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “adhikāra”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “adhikāra”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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