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अधिकारिक (adhikArika)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
-adhikārika, ifc. adj., f. °kī, (= Pali id.), referring [Page012-b] to, concerned with: -pratyaṅgaśīrṣachedādhikārikāś ca duḥkhās Gv 〔159.21〕
kiṃcid evālpaṃ prabhūtaṃ pūjādhikārikam akṛtvā Bbh 〔160.19〕, without doing at least something, be it little or much, that relates to homage
dharmādhikārikī kathā MSV 〔i.162.14〕. In MPS 〔45.2〕 and 6 (prose) yasya vayaṃ pūjādhikārikām autsukyaṃ na samāpannāḥ, I cannot explain the ā in °kām (reported 3 times from 2 mss.)
I should expect °kam
a fem. substantive °kā seems implausible.
Indian Epigraphical Glossary
English
Adhikārika, Ādhikārika (IE 8-3
EI 2, 23, 28
CII 4
BL
HD), ‘an officer’
same as Adhikārin, Niyogika, Adhyakṣa, etc.,
regarded as meaning a minister, magistrate, superintendent,
governor or director. See Ep. Ind., Vol. XXIV, p. 184.
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
अधिकारिक
adjective
कार्यप्रवर्तकेन सम्बद्धम्।
"सः अधिकारिकाय कार्याय बहिः गतः।"