Pāli Dictionary

adhikaraṇa

adhiprefixkarrootaṇasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

kar7to do; to make

Synonyms

ṭhāna, nidāna, āyatana, pada, nimitta, ārammaṇa, kāraṇa, nibandhana

monastic

  • (vinaya) legal issue; case; dispute or disciplinary proceeding in the Saṅgha

general

  • cause; reason; basis. (as indeclinable) because of; on account of

  • (grammar) syntactic relation; locus; (specifically) the sense of the locative case

  • container; receptacle; support; location

  • (as adjective) having issues; involving disputes; weighty; momentous

  • MN 99

    brāhmaṇā, bho gotama, evam'āhaṃsu, mah'aṭṭham'idaṃ mahākiccaṃ mahā-adhikaraṇaṃ mahāsamārambhaṃ ghar'āvāsakammaṭṭhānaṃ mahapphalaṃ hoti, app'aṭṭham'idaṃ appakiccaṃ appa-adhikaraṇaṃ appasamārambhaṃ pabbajjā kammaṭṭhānaṃ appaphalaṃ hotī'ti. idha bhavaṃ gotamo kim'āhā'ti.

adhikāra

approximate

adhiprefixkarrootasuffix

via inflected form adhikārāna · genitive plural

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

kar7to do; to make

Synonyms

abhinīhāra, paṇidhi, adhimokkha

general

  • management, administration; office, charge

  • (grammar) a governing rule affecting what follows; a subject heading, treatise

ethics

  • aspiration, resolve; a meritorious deed

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