aDikAraH 1 Superintendence, watching over; strIzu kazwoDikAraH V. 3. 1 ; yaH pOraveRa rAjYA DarmADikAre niyuktaH Ś. 1 superintendence of religious matters. 2 Duty, office, charge; power, post of authority; authority; nirRayADikAre bravImi M. 1 I say this in the capacity of a judge; aviSrAmoyaM lokataMtrADikAraH Ś. 5 ; dvIpinastAMbUlADikAro dattaH Pt. 1 , V. 2. 1 ; arTa° administration of pecuniary matters; svADikArAt pramattaH Me. 1 ; aDikAre mama putrako niyuktaH M. 5 ; yaH sarvADikAreniyuktaH praDAnamaMtrI sa karotu, anujIvinA para° carcA na kartavyA H. 2 ; SilpADikAre yogyeyaM dArikA M. 1 fit to be initiated into the fine arts. 3 Sovereignty, government or administration, jurisdiction, rule; svADikAraBUmO vartizyate Ś. 7 seat of government or jurisdiction; °KedaM nirUpya Ś. 5. 4 Position, dignity, rank; hftADikArAM malinAM Y. 1. 70 deprived of the position or rights or privileges of a wife. 5 ( a ) Right, authority, privilege, claim, title (as to wealth, property &c.); right of ownership or possession; aDikAraH Pale svAmyamaDikArI ca tatpraBuH S. D. 296 ; vatse' DikAraH sTitaH Mv. 4. 38 it now belongs to the child. ( b ) Qualification or authority to perform certain specified duties, civil, sacrificial, religious &c.; as the aDikAra of a king to rule and protect, of a Brāhmaṇa to sacrifice, of a Vaiśya to till or trade &c.; SUdro'DikArahInopi Y. 3. 262 ; with loc. ; nizekAdiSmaSAnAMto maMtrEryasyodito viDiH . tasya SAstre' DikAro'smin jYeyo nAnyasya kasyacit Ms. 2. 16 ; SrAdDADikArasaMpadastu iti BavaMto bruvaMtu (repeated in Śrāddha ceremonies). 6 Prerogative of a king. 7 Effort, exertion; karmaRyevADikAraste mA ( pb ) Palezu kadAcana Bg. 2. 47 your business is with action alone &c. 8 Relation, reference; kaTA vicitrAH pftanADikArAH Mb. 9 Place = aDikaraRa ; mahatKalu puruzADikAraM jyotiH M. 1. 10 A topic, paragraph or section; prAyaScitta° Mit. ; See aDikaraRa . 11 Counting, enumeration, occasion for counting; saMsatsu jAte puruzADikAre Ki. 3. 51 ( gaRanAprastAve ). 12 (In gram. ) A head or governing rule, which exerts a directing or governing influence over other rules; e. g. sarvasya dve P. VIII. 1. 1 ; IV. 1. 82-3 ; tatpuruzaH 1. 22 ; aDikAroyaM Sk. (This aDikAra is of three kinds: siMhAvalokitaM cEva maMqUkaplutameva ca . gaMgApravAhavaccApi aDikArastriDA mataH .. .) Comp. — viDiH determination or statement of qualifications to do particular acts; as rAjArAjasUyena yajet . — sTa, -AQya a. possessed of authority, invested with office.