Pāli Dictionary

adhipati

adhiprefixpatrootisuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

pat1වැටෙනවා

Synonyms

rāja, vasī, bhattar, pati, issara, inda, sāmī, ayiraka,

general

  • අධිපති; ස්වාමියා; පාලකයා

  • lord; master; ruler (of)

  • DN 20

    purimañ'ca disaṃ rājā, dhataraṭṭho pasāsati, gandhabbānaṃ adhipati, mahārājā yasassiso.

  • AN 3.40

    so attānaṃ'y'eva adhipatiṃ karitvā akusalaṃ pajahati, kusalaṃ bhāveti, sāvajjaṃ pajahati, anavajjaṃ bhāveti, suddhaṃ attānaṃ pariharati. idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, att'ādhipateyyaṃ.

doctrine

  • ආධිපත්‍යය; ප්‍රමුඛ බලපෑම (අභිධර්මය: අධිපති ප්‍රත්‍යය)

  • dominance; predominance; a dominant, controlling factor (Abhidhamma: adhipati-paccaya, the predominance condition)

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