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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आधिपत्यम्ādhipatyamSupremacy, power, sovereignty, lordship; अश्मान्नानामाधिपत्यं जगाम Av.18.4.54. राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम्…
[अधिपतेर्भावः कर्म वा यक्]
1. Supremacy, power, sovereignty, lordship; अश्मान्नानामाधिपत्यं जगाम Av.18.4.54. राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम् (अवाप्य) Bg.2.8.
2. The duties of a king; पाण्डोः पुत्रं प्रकुरुष्वाधिपत्ये Mb.
In the Gita2·8

राज्यं सुराणामपि चाधिपत्यम् ॥

rājyaṁ surāṇāmapi cādhipatyam. — I see not what shall thrust from me the sorrow that dries up the senses, even if I should attain rich and unrivalled kingdom on earth or even the… 2·8
- आधिपत्यम्ādhipatyamaccusative singular of the neuter noun ādhipatya (the sovereignty).
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