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

• adhyakṣa
• padyaksan

• 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.