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adhikaraṇāni

adhikaraṇa

nt nom pl of adhikaraṇa (noun); nt acc pl of adhikaraṇa (noun); nt voc pl of adhikaraṇa (noun); nt nom pl of adhikaraṇa (adj); …

  1. (vinaya) issue; legal action; disciplinary proceedings; lit. higher doing
  2. (gram) relationship; agreement; conjugation; lit. higher doing
  3. cause; reason; basis; support; lit. higher doing
  4. detail; technicality; point of dispute; hot question; lit. higher doing
  5. container
  6. (gram) causative voice of verb
  7. (gram) locative case in the sense of containing
  8. having issues; with considerations; having matters; lit. higher doing

Etymology. adhi + √kar + aṇa; from √kar 'do, make'; Sanskrit adhikaraṇa [adhikṛ]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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