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
- management
- office
- aspiration
- chapter, section
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (in Pali), 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
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Declension
Declension table of "adhikāra" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | adhikāro | adhikārā |
| Accusative (second) | adhikāraṃ | adhikāre |
| Instrumental (third) | adhikārena | adhikārehi or adhikārebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | adhikārassa or adhikārāya or adhikāratthaṃ | adhikārānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | adhikārasmā or adhikāramhā or adhikārā | adhikārehi or adhikārebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | adhikārassa | adhikārānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | adhikārasmiṃ or adhikāramhi or adhikāre | adhikāresu |
| Vocative (calling) | adhikāra | adhikārā |
References
Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “adhikāra”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: ChipsteadPali Text Society (1921-1925), “adhikāra”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead