aDipati · masculine · adhipati 1
lord
Adhipati (adjective/noun) [adhi + pati, cf. adhipa 1. ruler, master Ja IV 223; Vv 81 1 ; Miln 388; Dhp-a I 36 (= seṭṭha). 2. ruling over, governing, predominant; ruled or governed by Vibh 216 f. (chandaṃ adhipatiṃ katvā making energy predominant); As 125, 126 (atta° autonomous, loka° heteronomous, influenced by society). See also BMPE 18 note 1, and Cpd. 60.
adhipati (as in Pali ) used in figurative sense, controller, dominant influence or factor : adhipati-pratyaya , relation of dominance ( CPD ), Mvy 2270 , fourth of 4 kinds of pratyaya (1), q.v. ; adhipatinā ( sc. pratyayena) Śikṣ 253.2 ; Bbh 14.4, 10 etc. ; 80.22 ; defined as upāya-hetu, 99.2—3 ; etc. (common in Bbh ); the four pratyaya listed also ŚsP 80.4 , but there seems to be a corruption in place of adhipati: ālambanāmateya-samanantara-hetu-pratyayatām (text °tā; amateya or ām° instead of adhipati!); the other three are as in Mvy ; °ti-phalam , dominant fruition , one of the 5 phala ( acc. to Sūtrāl. of karuṇā), Mvy 2273 , ‘because it is the seed of supreme enlightenment’, Sūtrāl. xvii.31 , comm. ; but in more general sense Bbh 102.18 , expl. 103.5 ff. , cakṣurvijñānaṃ cakṣurindriyasyādhipatiphalam, … ( etc. with all senses,) svena-svenādhipatyena yat phalaṃ nirvartate, tad adhipatiphalaṃ.
lord; master; ruler; owner; controller; dominant influence
(masc, masc, from pati) lord; master; ruler (of) lord, master, ruler Construction: adhi + √pat + i
(masc, masc, from pati) (abhi) dominance; predominance dominance, predominance Construction: adhi + √pat + i