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Results for आधिपत्य

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

आधिपत्यādhipatyan. ([Pa1n2. 5-1, 124]) (fr. अधि-पति), supremacy, sovereignty, power RV. x, 124, 5 AV. xviii, 4, 54 VS. TS.…
neuter gender ([Pa1n2. 5-1, 124]) (from अधि-पति), supremacy, sovereignty, power fg-veda x, 124, 5 AV. xviii, 4, 54 VS. TS. AitBr. S3Br. Mn. Ya1jn5. Pan5cat. etc.
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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Apte Dictionary

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.
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