adhyakṣa

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अध्यक्ष (adhyakṣa, “inspector, chairperson”).

Noun

adhyakṣa

  1. inspector
  2. superintendent, supervisor
  3. guardian
  4. highest judicial official

Alternative forms
  • dhyakṣa
  • dyakṣa

Derived terms
  • boddhādhyakṣa
  • dhanādhyakṣa
  • dharmādhyakṣa
  • dwārādhyakṣa
  • rājādhyakṣa
  • śaiwādhyakṣa

Descendants
  • > Javanese: ꦗꦏ꧀ꦱ (jaksa) (inherited)
    • → Min Nan: 若卅
    • → Indonesian: jaksa
    • → Malay: jaksa

Further reading
  • "adhyakṣa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
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