to, concerned with: -pratyaṅgaśīrṣachedādhikārikāś ca
duḥkhās Gv 159.21; kiṃcid evālpaṃ vā prabhūtaṃ vā
pūjādhikārikam akṛtvā Bbh 160.19, without doing at least
something, be it little or much, that relates to homage; dharmā-
dhikārikī 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.
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.