adhikāra

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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]‎^[1] (overall work 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

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