adhikaraṇaṃ [kṛ-lyuṭ] 1 Placing at the head of, appointing &c. 2 Relation, reference, connection; rāmādhikaraṇāḥ kathāḥ Rām. referring to. 3 (In gram.) Agreement, concord, government or grammatical relation (as of subject and predicate &c.); tatpuruṣaḥsamānādhikaraṇaḥ karmadhārayaḥ P. I. 2. 42 having the members (of the compound) in the same relation or apposition; samānādhikaraṇo or (pb) vyadhikaraṇo bahuvrīhiḥ; pītāṃbaraḥ, cakrapāṇiḥ &c. 4 A receptacle or subject, technically substratum; jñānādhikaraṇaṃ ātmā T. S. the soul is the substratum of knowledge. 5 Location, place, the sense of the locative case; ādhārodhikaraṇaṃ P. I. 4. 45; kartṛkarmavyavahitāmasākṣāddhārayatkiyām . upakurvat kriyāsiddhau śāstredhikaraṇaṃsmṛtam .. Hariv.; as gehe sthālyāmannaṃ pacati. 6 A topic, subject; section, article or paragraph; a complete argument treating of one subject; the Sūtras of Vyāsa and Jaimini are divided into Adhyāyas, the Adhyāyas into Pādas and the Pādas into Adhikaraṇas or sections. According to the Mīmāṃsakas a complete Adhikaraṇa consists of five members: —viṣaya the subject or matter to be explained, viśaya or saṃśaya the doubt or question arising upon that matter, pūrvapakṣa the first side or prima facie argument concerning it, uttara or uttarapakṣa or siddhāṃta the answer or demonstrated conclusion, and saṃgati pertinency or relevancy, or (according to others nirṇaya the final conclusion); viṣayo viśayaścaivapūrvapakṣastathottaraṃ . nirṇayaśceti siddhāṃtaḥ śāstre'dhikaraṇaṃ smṛtam .. The Vedāntins put saṃgati in the 3rd place, and siddhāṃta last; tatraekaikamadhikaraṇaṃ paṃcāvayavaṃ, viṣayaḥ saṃdehaḥ saṃgatiḥpūrvapakṣaḥ siddhāṃtaśca. Generally speaking, the five members may be taken to be viṣaya, saṃśaya, pūrvapakṣa, uttarapakṣa and siddhāṃta or rāddhāṃta. 7 Court of justice, court, tribunal; svāndoṣān kathayaṃtinādhikaraṇe Mk. 9. 3; °raṇe ca sādhanaṃ Dk. 40. 8 Stuff, material; vipratiṣiddhaṃcānadhikaraṇavāci P. II. 4. 13 (adravyavāci); °etāvattveca 15 fixed number of things, as daśadaṃtoṣṭhāḥ Sk. 9 A claim. 10 Supremacy. —ṇī One who superintends. Comp.—bhojakaḥ a judge, Mk. 9. —maṃḍapaḥ court or hall of justice Mk. 9. —vicālaḥ [adhikaraṇasya vicālaḥanyathākaraṇaṃ] changing the quantity of any thing, increasing or decreasing it so many times; °vicāle ca P. V. 3. 43; dravyasya saṃkhyāṃtarāpādane saṃkhyāyā dhā syāt; ekaṃ rāśiṃpaṃcadhā kuru Sk. —siddhāṃtaḥ a conclusion which involves others.