ādhāraka 1 · ādhāraka 2
Ādhāraka (masculine and neuter) [ā + dhāraka, or simply ādhāra + ka] 1. a stool or stand (as ādhāra 2 ) (always masculine, except at Ja I 33 where °āni plural neuter) Ja I 33; Dhp-a III 290 = Vv-a 220; Dhp-a III 120 = 186 (one of the four priceless things of a Tathāgata, viz.: setacchattaṃ, nisīdanapallaṅko, ādhārako pādapīṭhaṃ). 2. a reading desk, pulpit Ja III 235; IV 299.
(nt, nt, from ādhāra) stand; holder; rest; support; place to put something stool, stand Construction: ā + √dhar > dhār + *a + ka ādhāra + ka
(nt, nt) parcel (?)