adhikaraṇam [kṛ-lyudaṭ] 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.); tatpuruṣaḥ samānādhikaraṇaḥ karmadhārayaḥ P.1.2.42 having the members (of the compound) in the same relation or apposition; samānādhikaraṇo or vyadhikaraṇo bahurvrīhiḥ; pītāmbaraḥ, cakrapāṇiḥ &c. -4 A receptacle or subject, technically substratum jñānādhikaraṇam ātmā T. S. the soul is the substratum of knowledge. -5 Location, place, the sense of the locative case; ādhārodhikaraṇam P.1.4.45; kartṛkarma- vyavahitāmasākṣāddhārayat kriyām | upakurvat kriyāsiddhau śāstredhikaraṇaṃ smṛtam || Hari; as gehe sthālyāmannaṃ pacati. -6 A topic, subject; section, article or paragraph; a complete argument treating of one subject; A chapter in Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra. e. g.prathamādhikaraṇam the Sūtras of Vyāsa and Jaimini are divided into Adhyāyas, the Adhyāyas into Pādas and the Pādas into Adhikaraṇas or sections. (According to the Mīmāṁsakas 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 siddhānta the answer or demonstrated conclusion, and saṃgati pertinency or relevancy, or (according to others nirṇaya the final conclusion); viṣayo viśayaścaiva pūrvapakṣastathottaram | nirṇayaścaiti siddhāntaḥ śāstre'dhikaraṇaṃ smṛtam || The Vedāntins put saṃgati in th 3 rd place, and siddhānta last; tatra ekaikamadhikaraṇaṃ pañcāvayavam, viṣayaḥ saṃdehaḥ saṃgatiḥ pūrvapakṣaḥ siddhāntaśca. Generally speaking, the five members may be viṣaya, saṃśaya, pūrvapakṣa, uttarapakṣa and siddhānta or rāddhānta). -7 Court of justice, court, tribunal; svāndoṣān kathayanti nādhikaraṇe Mk.9.3; ˚raṇe ca sādhanam Dk.40. -8 Stuff, material; vipratiṣiddhaṃ cānadhikaraṇavāci P.II.4.13 (adravyavāci); adhikaraṇai ˚etāvattve ca P.II.4.15 fixed number of things, as daśa tantoṣṭhaḥ Sk. -9 A claim, Bhāg, 5.1.16. -10 Supremacy. -11 A government department; sarvādhikaraṇarakṣaṇam Kau. A.4. -12 A gathering place pratyakṣāśca parokṣāśca sarvādhikaraṇeṣvatha | vṛtterbharataśārdūla nityaṃ caivānvavekṣaṇam || Mb.12.59.68. -13 A department; aśvāgārān gajāgārān balādhikaraṇāni ca Mb.12.69.54. -ṇī One who superintends. -Comp. -bhojakaḥ a court-dignitary, a judge, bhītabhītā adhikaraṇabhojakāḥ Mk.9. -maṇḍapaḥ court or hall of justice. adhikaraṇamaṇḍapasya mārgamādeśaya Mk.9. -lekhakaḥa. official recorder or scribe, who drew up sale-deeds and other documents after getting the land measured in his presence; RT.VI.38. -vicālaḥ [adhikaraṇasya vicālaḥ anyathākaraṇam] changing the quantity of any thing, increasing or decreasing it so many times; ˚vicāle ca P.V.3.43; dravyasya saṃkhyāntarāpādane saṃkhyāyā dhā syāt; ekaṃ rāśiṃ pañcadhā kuru Sk. -siddhāntaḥ a conclusion which involves others.