n. relationship of words in a sentence (which agree together, either as adjective and substantive, or as subject and predicate, or as two substantives in apposition)
n. the subsisting or inhering in different receptacles or subjects or substrata (sometimes applied to a loose or ambiguous argument; opp. to samānādhik-Seeviśeṣa-vyāpti-)
mfn. containing words in different cases (as a bahuvrīhi-, exempli gratia, 'for example'kaṇṭhe-kāla-,"one who has black colour in the throat"[= kālakaṇṭha-,"black-throated"])
अधिक a. [abbreviation of अध्यारूढ; अध्यारूढशब्दात् कन् उत्तरपदलोपश्च P.V.2.73]. 1 More, additional, greater (opp. ऊन or सम); तदस्मिन्नधिकम् P.V.2.45. (In comp. with numerals) plus, greater by; अष्टाधिकं शतम् 1 plus 8 = 18; चत्वारिंशतो$धिकाः = ˚चत्वारिंशाः more than 4; नवाधिकां नवतिम् R.3.69; एकाधिकं हरेज्जयेष्टः Ms.9.117. -2 (a) Surpassing in quantity, more numerous, copious, excessive, abundant; in comp. or with instr.; श्वासः प्रमाणाधिकः Ś.1.29. more than the usual measure. (b) Inordinate, grown, increased, become greater; abounding in, full of; strong in; ˚क्रोध R.12.9; वयो$धिकः Ms.4.141 senior in years; शिशुरधिकवयाः Ve.3.32. old, advanced in years; भवनेषु रसाधिकेषु v. l. (सुधारितेषु) पूर्वं Ś.7.2; करोति रागं हृदि कौतुकाधिकं K.2.; रसाधिके मनसि Śi.17.48 abounding in. -3 (a) More, greater, stronger, mightier, more violent or intense; अधिकां कुरु देवि गुरुभक्तिम् K.62; ऊनं न सत्त्वेष्वधिको बबाधे R.2.14 the stronger animal did not prey on the weaker; पुमान्पुंसो$धिके शुक्रे स्त्री भवत्यधिके स्त्रियाः Ms.3.49; अधिकं मेनिरे विष्णुम् Rām.; अधिकं मित्रम् Pt.2; यवीयान्गुणतो$धिकः Ms.11.185;9.154. (b) Superior to, better than; higher than [with abl. or in comp.); प्रमाणादधिकस्यापि मत्तदन्तिनः Pt.1.327; सेनाशते- भ्यो$धिका बुद्धिः Mu.1.27 surpassing, more than a match for &c.; विधेरधिकसंभारः R.15.62 more than what was sanctioned by rules; तपस्विभ्यो$धिको योगी Bg.6.46; ब्रह्म प्रदानेभ्यो$धिकम् Y.1.212; अश्वाधिको राजा H.3.77 strong in cavalry; धनधान्याधिको वैश्यः H.4.21 excels in, is superior by reason of; लोकाधिकं तेजः Mu.4.1 superior to; sometimes with gen.; पञ्चदशानां भ्रातणामधिको गुणैः K.136. -4 Later, subsequent, further than (of time); राजन्य- बन्धोर्द्वाविंशे (केशान्तो विधीयते) वैश्यस्य द्वयधिके ततः Ms.2.65.2 years later i. e. in the 24th year; sometimes with gen.; ममाधिका वा तुल्या वा Rām. -5 Eminent, uncommon, special, peculiar (असाधारण); विद्या नाम नरस्य रूपमधिकम् Bh.2.2 superior or uncommon form or beauty; धर्मो हि तेषामधिको विशेषः H. Pr.25; इज्याध्ययनदानानि वैश्यस्य क्षत्रियस्य च । प्रतिग्रहो$धिको विप्रे याजनाध्यनापने तथा ॥ Y.1.118; sometimes used in the comparative in the above senses; क्लेशो$धिकतरस्तेषाम् Bg.12.5; ˚तरमिदानीं राजते राजलक्ष्मीः V. 5.22; स्वर्गादधिकतरं निर्वृत्तिस्थानम् Ś.7. -6 Redundant, superfluous; ˚अङ्ग having a redundant limb; नोद्वहेत्कपिलां कन्यां नाधिकाङ्गीं न रोगिणीम् Ms.3.8. -7 Intercalated, intercalary (as a month &c.) -8 Inferior, secondary. -कम् 1 Surplus, excess, more; लाभो$धिकं फलम् Ak. -2 Abundance, redundancy, superfluity. -3 A figure of speech equivalent to hyperbole; आश्रयाश्रयिणोरेकस्याधिक्ये$धिक- मुच्यते । किमधिकमस्य ब्रूमो महिमानं वारिधेईरिर्यत्र । अज्ञात एव शेते कुक्षौ निक्षिप्य भुवनानि ॥ अत्र आश्रयस्याधिक्यम् । युगान्तकालप्रतिसंहृता- त्मनो जगन्ति यस्यां सविकाशमासत । तनौ ममुस्तत्र न कैटभद्विपस्तपो- धनाभ्यागमसंभृता मुदः ॥ S. D; महतोर्यन्महीयांसावाश्रिताश्रययोः क्रमात् । आश्रयाश्रयिणौ स्यातां तनुत्वे$यधिकं तु तत् ॥ K. P.1. -adv. 1 More, in a greater degree; स राज्यं गुरुणा दत्तं प्रतिपद्याधिकं बभौ R.4.1; shone the more; 3.18; यस्मिन्नैवा- धिकं चक्षुरारोपयति पार्थिवः Pt.1.243; oft. in comp.; इयम- धिकमनोज्ञा Ś.1.2; ˚सुरभि Me.21. -2 Exceedingly, too much. -Comp. -अङ्ग a. (-ङ्गी f.) having a redundant limb. Ms.3.8. (see above -6) (-ङ्गम्) [अधिको$ङ्गात्] a sash, girdle or belt worn over the mail coat. -अधिक a. more and more, out-doing one another. -अर्थ a. exaggerated; ˚वचनम् exaggeration, an exaggerated statement or assertion (whether of praise or of censure); कृत्यैरधिकार्थवचने P.II,1.33; (˚नम् = स्तुति- निन्दाफलकमर्थवादवचनम्; e. g. वातच्छेद्यं तृणम् i. e. so light and weak; काकपेया नदी so deep and full). -ऋद्धि a. abundant, prosperous; ऋद्धिमन्तमधिकर्द्धिरुत्तरः पूर्वमुत्सवमपोहदुत्सवः R.19.5. -तिथिः, f. -दिनं, -दिवसः an intercalated day. -दन्तः = अधिदन्तः -मांसार्मन् = अधिमांस q. v. -वाक्योक्तिः f. exaggeration, hyperbole. -षाष्टिक- साप्ततिक a. containing or costing more than 6 or 7.
अधिकरणम् [कृ-ल्युदट्] 1 Placing at the head of, appointing &c. -2 Relation, reference, connection; रामाधिकरणाः कथाः Rām. referring to. -3 (In gram.) Agreement, concord, government or grammatical relation (as of subject and predicate &c.); तत्पुरुषः समानाधिकरणः कर्मधारयः P.1.2.42 having the members (of the compound) in the same relation or apposition; समानाधिकरणो or व्यधिकरणो बहुर्व्रीहिः; पीताम्बरः, चक्रपाणिः &c. -4 A receptacle or subject, technically substratum ज्ञानाधिकरणम् आत्मा T. S. the soul is the substratum of knowledge. -5 Location, place, the sense of the locative case; आधारोधिकरणम् P.1.4.45; कर्तृकर्म- व्यवहितामसाक्षाद्धारयत् क्रियाम् । उपकुर्वत् क्रियासिद्धौ शास्त्रेधिकरणं स्मृतम् ॥ Hari; as गेहे स्थाल्यामन्नं पचति. -6 A topic, subject; section, article or paragraph; a complete argument treating of one subject; A chapter in Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra. e. g. प्रथमाधिकरणम् the Sūtras of Vyāsa and Jaimini are divided into Adhyāyas, the Adhyāyas into Pādas and the Pādas into Adhikara-ṇas or sections. (According to the Mīmāṁsakas a complete Adhikaraṇa consists of five members : विषय the subject or matter to be explained, विशय or संशय the doubt or question arising upon that matter, पूर्वपक्ष the first side or prima facie argument concerning it, उत्तर or उत्तरपक्ष or सिद्धान्त the answer or demonstrated conclusion, and संगति pertinency or relevancy, or (according to others निर्णय the final conclusion); विषयो विशयश्चैव पूर्वपक्षस्तथोत्तरम् । निर्णयश्चैति सिद्धान्तः शास्त्रे$धिकरणं स्मृतम् ॥ The Vedāntins put संगति in th 3 rd place, and सिद्धान्त last; तत्र एकैकमधिकरणं पञ्चावयवम्, विषयः संदेहः संगतिः पूर्वपक्षः सिद्धान्तश्च. Generally speaking, the five members may be विषय, संशय, पूर्वपक्ष, उत्तरपक्ष and सिद्धान्त or राद्धान्त). -7 Court of justice, court, tribunal; स्वान्दोषान् कथयन्ति नाधिकरणे Mk.9.3; ˚रणे च साधनम् Dk.4. -8 Stuff, material; विप्रतिषिद्धं चानधिकरणवाचि P.II.4.13 (अद्रव्यवाचि); अधिकरणै ˚एतावत्त्वे च P.II.4.15 fixed number of things, as दश तन्तोष्ठः Sk. -9 A claim, Bhāg, 5.1.16. -1 Supremacy. -11 A government department; सर्वाधिकरणरक्षणम् Kau. A.4. -12 A gathering place प्रत्यक्षाश्च परोक्षाश्च सर्वाधिकरणेष्वथ । वृत्तेर्भरतशार्दूल नित्यं चैवान्ववेक्षणम् ॥ Mb.12.59.68. -13 A department; अश्वागारान् गजागारान् बलाधिकरणानि च Mb.12. 69.54. -णी One who superintends. -Comp. -भोजकः a court-dignitary, a judge, भीतभीता अधिकरणभोजकाः Mk.9. -मण्डपः court or hall of justice. अधिकरणमण्डपस्य मार्गमादेशय Mk.9. -लेखकः a. official recorder or scribe, who drew up sale-deeds and other documents after getting the land measured in his presence; RT.VI.38. -विचालः [अधिकरणस्य विचालः अन्यथाकरणम्] changing the quantity of any thing, increasing or decreasing it so many times; ˚विचाले च P.V.3.43; द्रव्यस्य संख्यान्तरापादने संख्याया धा स्यात्; एकं राशिं पञ्चधा कुरु Sk. -सिद्धान्तः a conclusion which involves others.
अधिकर्मन् n. [अधिकं कर्मं] 1 A higher or superior act. -2 Superintendence, -m. One who is charged with superintendence. -Comp. -करः, कृत् a sort of servant, overseer of workmen. -कृतः [अधिकर्म कृतं येन निष्ठान्तस्य परनिपातः] one appointed to superintend an institution or establishment; सर्वेष्वधिकृतो यः स्यात् कुटुम्बस्य तथोपरि । सो$धिकर्मकृतो ज्ञेयः स च कौटुम्बिकः स्मृतः ॥ In families he is the head or paterfamilias
अभ्यधिक a. 1 More than, exceeding, beyond; सद्यः- प्रसूताप्रियापीतादभ्यधिकम् U.4.1 remaining after &c. Pt. -2 Surpassing, more than in quality or quantity, higher, greater; एष चाभ्यधिको$स्माकं गुणः Rām.; न त्वत्सगो$स्त्यभ्यधिकः कुतो$न्यः Bg.11.43; M.3.3. Ms.7. 177; Y.2.295; sometimes with abl. or instr.; धान्यं दशभ्यः कुम्भेभ्यो हरतो$भ्यधिकं वधः Ms.8.32,322; Y.2. 27. प्रभुः क्षमावान् वीरश्च दाता चाभ्यधिको नृपैः Nala.21.13. -3 More than ordinary, extraordinary, pre-eminent; कृष्णाङ्घ्रिरेण्वभ्यधिकाभ्यनेत्री Bhāg 1.19.6. पञ्चाभ्यधिकः शरोभव Ś.6.3. -कम् adv. Very much, exceedingly.
व्यधिकरणम् Subsisting in different receptacles or substrata; (as in व्यधिकरणबहुव्रीहि which means 'a Bahuvrīhi compound, the first member of which is not in apposition, or stands in a different case-relation, to the second, in the dissolution of the compound'; e. g. चक्रपाणिः, चन्द्रमौलिः &c.
a. excessive; superfluous; surpassing; chief, highest; having an excess, and more; exceeded by, plus (--°ree;); predominant; superior in (in., --°ree;); stronger, greater; higher, more than (in., ab., g., --°ree;): °ree;-& -m, ad. excessively, very much; more than (ab.); -krodha, a. excessively angry; -guna, a. of pre-eminent virtue: -tva, n. abst. n.; -tara, a. much greater; superior: -m, ad. more; -tâ, f., -tva, n.superiority.
n. substratum; substance, matter; subject, department; section, paragraph; law-court; that in which anything happens; sphere of the locative (gr.); -mandapa, n. law-court; -lekhaka,m. lawyer's clerk.
a. superfluous, ad ditional; better, superior; greater, stronger, exceeding, more by (in., ab., --°ree;); dearer than (--°ree;); excellent, extraordinary: -m, ad. highly, very, extraordinarily; -½adhyayana, n. study at a place (--°ree;).
a. directed to what? -abhidhâna, a. how named? -ar tha, a. having what purpose? -m, ad. for what purpose? wherefore? -âkhya, a. how named? -âdhâra, a. relating to what?
m. prince of Maga dha; i-kâ, f. sg. & pl. long pepper; -î, f. princess of Magadha; female bard (offspring of a Vaisya and a Kshatriyâ); language of Magadha (one of the Prâkrit dialects); kind of spice.
a. involving a different case-relation (Bahuvrîhi compound, the first member of which is not in apposition to the second; e.g. saravana-bhava, &open;having his origin in a forest of reeds&close;).
a. (having an excess with it), exceeding, more than, and more; excessive: °ree;--, also ad. exceedingly: -tara, cpv. ad. excessively (°ree;--): -rûpa, a. more beau tiful than (ab.).
noun (neuter) abundance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hyperbole (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
redundancy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
surplus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective abundant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
additional (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excellent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
inferior (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
intercalated (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
later (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
more numerous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
redundant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
secondary (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
subsequent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
superior (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
supernumerary (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
surpassing (in number or quantity or quality) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) (in Gr.) government (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(in philosophy) a substratum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
(in rhetoric) a topic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a category (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a claim (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a paragraph or minor section (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a receptacle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a relation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a subject (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a topic (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
court of justice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
location (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
magistracy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
relationship of words in a sentence (which agree together) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
subject (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
support (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
supremacy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of placing at the head or of subordinating government (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sense of the locative case (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) addition (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excess (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
preponderance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
redundancy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective boundless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having no superior (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not to be enlarged or excelled (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
perfect (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective augmented by (abl. or instr. or in comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
exceeding the common measure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
extraordinary (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having more authority or power than (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
more excellent than (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
more than (abl. or instr. or in comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pre-eminent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
superior to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
surpassing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) cheat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
extortioner of money (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
impostor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a carrier (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
burden-bearer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hawker who carries wares to sell (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective exceeding what is usual (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
excessive (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
extra ordinary (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
intense (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
plentiful (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
superabundant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
superfluous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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