𑘀𑘠𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨

Marathi

Noun

𑘀𑘠𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨 • (adhīkār) m

1. Modi script form of अधिकार

Old Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit 𑘀𑘠𑘱𑘎𑘰𑘨 (adhikāra). Compare Old Punjabi ਅਧਿਕਾਰੁ / اَدِھکَارُ (adhikāru), Old Braj अधिकार (adhikār), Old Awadhi अधिकार (adhikār).

Noun

𑘀𑘠𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨 (adhīkāra) m (Devanagari अधिकार)

1. authority, right, ownership
2. spiritual authority arising from devotion to God
   • 1290, Jñāneśvar, Jñāneśvarī (Rājvāḍe edition) 16.96:

     𑘝𑘺𑘭𑘹𑘽 𑘀𑘠𑘱𑘎𑘰𑘨𑘢𑘨𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘩𑘻𑘓𑘹𑘽𑙁 𑘮𑘹𑘽 𑘧𑘕𑘿𑘗 𑘎𑘨𑘜𑘹𑘽 𑘭𑘨𑘿𑘪𑘰𑘽𑘓𑘹𑘽𑙁
     𑘪𑘲𑘬𑘧𑘣𑘩 𑘁𑘫𑘹𑘓𑘹𑘽𑙁 𑘡𑘹𑘑𑘢𑘹 𑘦𑘰𑘕𑘲 𑙂𑙙𑙖𑙂

     taiseṃ adhikāraparyāloceṃ. heṃ yajña karaṇeṃ sarvāṃceṃ.
     vīṣayaphala āśeceṃ. neghape mājī .96.

     • 1948 translation by Vittal Ganesh Pradhan

       So in accordance with his own status each one performs sacrifice in his own way;
       but he should not have any desire for the fruit of it.

   • Ravaḷobāsa, Ravaḷobāsa-kṛta Sahyādri-Varṇana 181:

     𑘝𑘻 𑘥𑘲𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘳𑘪𑘹𑘬𑘰 𑘡𑘘𑘰𑘪𑘲: 𑘕𑘲𑘪𑘰𑘽 𑘡𑘰𑘡𑘰 𑘀𑘠𑘱𑘎𑘰𑘨 𑘑𑘚𑘪𑘲

     to bhīkṣuveṣā naṭāvī: jīvāṃ nānā adhikāra ghaḍavī

Descendants

• Marathi:

  Devanagari script: अधिकार (adhikār)

  Modi script: 𑘀𑘠𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨 (adhīkār)

• Varhadi:

  Devanagari script: अधिकार (adhikār)

  Modi script: 𑘀𑘠𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨 (adhīkār)

Further reading

• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “अधिकार”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999, page 12.
• Panse, Murlidhar Gajanan (1953) “अधिकार”, in Linguistic Peculiarities of Jñāneśvarī, Poona: Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, page 189, column 1.
• वेलिंगकर, रामचंद्र नारायण [Velingkar, Ramchandra Narayan] (1959) “अधिकरणें”, in ज्ञानेश्वरीचें शब्द-भांडार [Lexicon of the Dnyaneshwari] (in Marathi), मुंबई [Mumbai]: मराठी संशोधन मंडळ [Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal], page 6, column 2.

Varhadi

Noun

𑘀𑘠𑘲𑘎𑘰𑘨 (adhīkār) m

1. Modi script form of अधिकार