adhirāja

adhirāja Tatpur. m. (-jaḥ). The same as the preceding. E.

adhi and rājan, samāsānta aff. ṭac.

adhirāja adhirāja, i. e. adhi-rājan,

m. A supreme king.

Adhi-rāja, as, or adhi-rājan, ā, m. an emperor.

adhirājá m. supreme ruler, sovereign.

adhi-rājá, as, or adhi—rājan, ā, m. an emperor.

adhi-rāja- m. roi suprême, empereur; -tā- f. souveraineté; °rājya- nt. id.

adhirājá (1. adhi + rāja = rājan) m. Oberhaupt, Herrscher über Alle: mògraṃ cettā̂ramadhirā̀jamâkran ṚV. 10, 128, 9. àdhìrā̀jo rājâsu rājayātai AV. 6, 98, 1. 9, 15, 24. ṛṣī̂ṇāṃ pùtro âdhirā̀ja èṣaḥ in dem Bruchstücke eines Liedes NIR. 8, 2. und ĀŚV. ŚR. 8, 14. rājñām ŚAT. BR. 5, 4, 2, 2. śriyābhiruruce rāmo lokarakṣādhirājavat R. 6, 86, 25. muditānkośalāneko yo bhakṣyatyadhirājavat 2, 53, 11. puruṣādhirāja, mṛgā° RAGH. 2, 41. nāgā° VIKR. 64, 12.

— Vgl. ajirādhirāja .

adhirāja Z. 3 lies 9, 10, 24 st. 9, 15, 24.

adhirājá, m., Ober-herr [rāja = rā́jan].

-ám {954,9}.

adhirāja m. (KARM. ex adhi et rāja rex) id. UR. 68. 13.

adhirāja pu0 adhiko rājā ṭac samā0 . adhīśvare sāmrā
jyavati, nṛpe ca . “śailādhirājatanayā na yayau na tasthā-
viti” “himālayonāma nagādhirāja” iti ca kumā0 .

Adhi-rāja. — The word occurs fairly often throughout the

early literature,¹ denoting ‘overlord’ among kings or princes.

In no passage is it clear that a real over-king is meant, as

the word rājan may mean king or merely prince, a person of

royal blood. On the whole it seems most probable that the

word connotes no more than ‘king’ as opposed to ‘prince.’ [Footnote] 1) Rv. x. 128, 9 Av. vi. 98, 1; ix. 10,

24; Taiturīya Saṃhitā, ii. 4, 14, 2;

Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhita, iv. 12, 3; Kāthaka

Saṃhitā, viii. 17; Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa,

iii. 1, 2, 9 (adhirājan); Śatapatha Brāh-

maṇa, v. 4, 2, 2; Nirukta, viii. 2.

Adhirāja — in Rājasūya, Pṛthu was anointed as.

Br. III. 8. 25.

Adhirāja (IE 8-2), sometimes used as an imperial title,

but sometimes as the title of a feudatory. Cf. Adhimahārāja.

(BL), title of a subordinate ruler.

(LL), designation of a supreme king.