Adhipati, Adhi-pa-ti, Adhipātī: 28 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Adhipati (अधिपति).—A son of Bhṛgu, and a deva.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 1. 90; Vāyu-purāṇa 65. 87.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Adhipati (अधिपति) refers to the “presiding lords of the hours (horā)”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 2), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “We shall now proceed to give a brief description of (the qualifications of) a jyotiṣaka. [...] He must have a clear knowledge of the causes of Solar, Savana, Siderial and Lunar months as well as of intercalary lunations and intercalary days [i.e., avama]. He must have a knowledge of the beginning and end of Śaṣṭyābda (a cycle of 60 years) [Ṣaṣṭyabda?], a Yuga (5 years), Varṣa (a year), Māsa (a month), Thina (a day) and Horā (an hour) and of their lords [i.e., adhipati]”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Adhipati (अधिपति) refers to the “owner (of a pub)”, according to the Mattavilāsaprahasana.—Accordingly, as the Kāpālika cries out: “My darling, look. This pub (surāpa) resembles the Vedic sacrificial ground. For its signpost resembles the sacrificial pillar; in this case alcohol is the Soma, drunkards are the sacrificial priests, the wine glasses are the special cups for drinking Soma, the roasted meat and other appetizers are the fire oblations, the drunken babblings are the sacrificial formulae, the songs are the Sāman-hymns, the pitchers are the sacrificial ladles, thirst is the fire and the owner of the pub (surāpaṇa-adhipati) is the patron of the sacrifice (yajamāna)”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Adhipati (अधिपति) refers to the “lords (of the months)”, as discussed in chapter 22 of the Ādikāṇḍa of the Hayaśīrṣasaṃhitā: a large Pāñcarātra Āgama consisting of roughly 6500 verses dealing primarily with architecture, temple-building and consecration rituals and iconography.—Description of the chapter [keśavādi-pratimālakṣaṇa-paṭala]: The twelve mūrtis are called māsādhipatis, “the Lords of the months”—and their origins are traced to the four vyūhas (1-2). The iconography of the māsa-adhipati is described. [...] In each case, their wives should be shown holding a lotus and viṇā (23-24a).
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Predominance (adhipati) and pre-nascence (purejāta), are 2 of the 24 conditions (paccaya).
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Adhipati (अधिपति) refers to “(that which is) dominant”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 39).—Accordingly, “[The knowledge of the retribution of actions (karmavipāka-jñānabala)].—[...] The Buddha knows the various causes and conditions of bad actions, such as greed, malice, fear, bad views, bad friends, etc. He knows the various causes and conditions of good actions such as faith, compassion, respect, trance and absorption, wisdom, good friends, etc. Actions are dominant (adhipati): there is no one among gods or men who is able to change the nature of actions. [...]”.
Adhipati (अधिपति) (Cf. Ādhipateya, Ādhipatya) refers to “mastery” [?], according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Then, the bodhisatva, the great being, Gaganagañja addressed himself to the Lord: [...] (21) [How do the Bodhisattvas] attain the mastery of all dharmas (sarva-dharma-adhipati—sarvadharmādhipateya) after not having regressed from supernatural knowledge? (22) [How do the Bodhisattvas] enter into the profound way of the dharma which is difficult to understand for all the disciples and isolated Buddhas? [...]’”.
Adhipati (अधिपति) refers to the “Lord (of the Guhyakas)”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [After the Vajrapāṇi asked the Bhagavān for instructions for protection of crops]: “Then the Bhagavān addressed Vajrapāṇi, the Lord (adhipati) of the Guhyakas, ‘Vajrapāṇi, there is the dhāraṇī called the Nāga Assailing and Impeding Vajra, that is the seal of the heart of the Tathāgatas, uttered by former Tathāgatas, Arhats and Perfectly Awakened Ones. I will also utter it now. By this there will be a rapid guarding of all crops for the sake of warding off damage. [...]’”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Adhipati (अधिपति) refers to the “Lord”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: “[...] Every circle has its own sealing. The Yoginīs’ [sealing] is the Lord (adhipati), no other sealing; [he is] powerful. And he should visualize the gnosis-meditation-beings in all circles. Here, a multitude of rays appears; [by means of the rays] he should draw the gnosis circle. [Its details are] to be known from [your] teacher’s instruction. [It is to be performed] with the letters jaḥ hūṃ vaṃ hoḥ. Then, various heroes and Yoginīs perform offering to the leader. [...]”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
India history and geography
Adhipati.—(LL), a king; cf. pati. Note: adhipati is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
adhipati : (m.) lord; master; ruler.
Adhipati, (n.-adj.) (adhi + pati, cp. adhipa) 1. ruler, master J.IV, 223; Vv 811; Miln.388; DhA.I, 36 (= seṭṭha). ‹-› 2. ruling over, governing, predominant; ruled or governed by Vbh.216 sq. (chandaṃ adhipatiṃ katvā making energy predominant); DhsA.125, 126 (atta° autonomous, loka° heteronomous, influenced by society). See alṣo Dhs. trsl. 20 & Cpd. 60. (Page 29)
1) adhipati (အဓိပတိ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[adhi+pā+ti. ,ṭī.725-.]
[အဓိ+ပါ+တိ။ ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၇၂၅-ကြည့်။]
2) adhipātī (အဓိပါတီ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[adhi+pata+ṇī. thīnitea adhipātinī]
[အဓိ+ပတ+ဏီ။ ထီ၌ အဓိပါတိနီ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) adhipati—
(Burmese text): (၁) (က) အရှင်သခင်၊ အစိုးရသူ၊ အကြီးအမှူး။ (ခ) ကာမာဝစရနတ်ပြည် ၆-ထပ်၌ အစိုးရ-အကြီးအမှူးဖြစ်-သော၊ သူ။ မာရ်နတ်။ (၂) အကြီးအကဲ၏ အဖြစ်ဖြင့် ကျေးဇူးပြုတတ်သော ပစ္စည်း၊ အဓိပတိပစ္စည်း။
(Auto-Translation): (1) (a) Lord, ruler, chief. (b) He who is the chief of the government in the Kama Rawa Saranat region on the 6th floor. Mare Nat. (2) Goods that can be graciously provided as the essence of the chief, essential items.
2) adhipātī—
(Burmese text): ကျစေတတ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): It is possible for me to do.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
adhipati (अधिपति).—m A lord, master, ruler.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Adhipati (अधिपति).—[adhikaḥ patiḥ]
1) = अधिपः (adhipaḥ).
2) A part of the head where the wound proves immediately fatal; (मस्तकाभ्यन्तरोपरिष्टात् शिरासन्धिसन्निपातो रोमावर्तोऽधिपतिः, तत्रापि सद्यो मरणम् (mastakābhyantaropariṣṭāt śirāsandhisannipāto romāvarto'dhipatiḥ, tatrāpi sadyo maraṇam) Suśr.
Derivable forms: adhipatiḥ (अधिपतिः).
Adhipati (अधिपति).—(as in Pali) used in figurative sense, con- troller, dominant influence or factor: adhipati-pratyaya, relation of dominance (Critical Pali Dictionary), Mahāvyutpatti 2270, fourth of 4 kinds of pratyaya (1), q.v.; adhipatinā (sc. pratyayena) Śikṣāsamuccaya 253.2; Bodhisattvabhūmi 14.4, 10 etc.; 80.22; defined as upāya-hetu, 99.2—3; etc. (common in Bodhisattvabhūmi); the four pratyaya listed also Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 80.4, but there seems to be a corruption in place of adhipati: ālambanāmateya-samanantara-hetu-pratyaya- tām (text °tā; amateya or ām° instead of adhipati!); the other three are as in Mahāvyutpatti; °ti-phalam, dominant fruition, one of the 5 phala (according to Asaṅga (Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra) of karuṇā), Mahāvyutpatti 2273, ‘because it is the seed of supreme enlightenment’, Sūtrāl xvii.31, commentary; but in more general sense Bodhisattvabhūmi 102.18, expl. 103.5 ff., cakṣurvijñānaṃ cakṣurindriyasyādhipati- phalam,…(etc. with all senses,) svena-svenādhipatyena yat phalaṃ nirvartate, tad adhipatiphalaṃ.
Adhipati (अधिपति).—m.
(-tiḥ) A master, an owner, a ruler. 2. A king. E. adhi, and pati a master.
Adhipati (अधिपति).—[adhi-pati], m. 1. A lord, an owner, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 37. 2. A king.
Adhipati (अधिपति).—[masculine] lord, master, ruler.
1) Adhipati (अधिपति):—[=adhi-pati] [from adhi-pa] m. = adhi-pa
2) [v.s. ...] (in med.) a particular part of the head (where a wound proves instantly fatal).
Adhipati (अधिपति):—[tatpurusha compound] m.
(-tiḥ) 1) A master, an owner, a ruler.
2) A king. (A noun depending upon it in these meanings stands in the gen. or loc., f. i. gavāmadhipati or goṣvadhipati.)
3) (In medicine.) ‘That part of the trunk which is inside of the upper part of the head, at the passage of the vessel along the lateral sinus; wounds inflicted there produce instantaneous death’. E. pā with adhi, uṇ. aff. ḍati.
Adhipati (अधिपति):—[adhi-pati] (tiḥ) 2. m. A master.
Adhipati (अधिपति):—(1. adhi + pati) m.
1) Oberherr, Oberhaupt, Gebieter, Befehlshaber [Halāyudha im Śabdakalpadruma] adhipatirmṛ.yoḥ [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5, 30, 15.] bhuvanasya.pataye.svāhā . adhipataye.svāhā [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 9, 20. 13, 24. 14, 9.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4, 8, 1.] puraetā bhavatyannādo dhipatirya evaṃ veda [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 4, 1, 19.] [?(= Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 1, 3, 18.)] sa vā ayamātmā sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāmadhipatiḥ sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ rājā [?5, 5, 15. (= Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 2, 5, 15.) 7, 1, 32. (=Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 4, 3, 33.) 2, 34. (=Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 4, 4, 4.) 13, 4, 1, 14.] vidarbharājādhipatiḥ (d. i. vidarbharājā adhipatiḥ) [Nalopākhyāna 12, 31.] sarvasyādhipatirhi saḥ (brāhmaṇaḥ) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 37.] bhūmeradhipatirhi saḥ (rājā) [8, 39.] grāmasya [7, 115.] divaukasām [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 47.] auch mit dem loc. [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 5, 29.] im comp.: sahasrādhipati (über 1000 Dörfer) [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 119.] draviṇā [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 73, 28.] rākṣasā [1, 1, 48.] niṣādā [29.] [Viśvāmitra’s Kampf 8, 15. 11, 5.] [Nalopākhyāna 17, 13.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 35, 10.] von Gott: tasmādadhipatimāpṛcchya paraṃ ca yatnamāsthāyopakrameta [Suśruta 2, 91, 15.] —
2) Wirbel auf dem Kopf: mastakābhyantaropariṣṭātsirāsaṃdhisaṃnipāto romāvarto dhipatistatrāpi sadyomaraṇam [Suśruta 1, 351, 10.] sīmanteṣvekaikāmekāmadhipatāviti [357, 12.]
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Adhipati (अधिपति):—
1) mit gen. und loc. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 3, 39.]
Adhipati (अधिपति):—m. —
1) dass. —
2) Wirbel auf dem Kopfe.
Adhipati (अधिपति) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Ahivai.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Adhipati (ಅಧಿಪತಿ):—
1) [noun] = ಅಧಿನಾಥ [adhinatha].
2) [noun] (astrol.) the lord of an astrological house.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Adhipati (अधिपति):—n. 1. lord; master; 2. king; lord; 3. proprietor; 4. head;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Pa, Mi, Adhi, Ni, Ti, Ati, Pata, Pati.
Starts with (+0): Adhipacca, Adhipatatta, Adhipateyya, Adhipati Paccaya, Adhipatibhava, Adhipatibhuta, Adhipatika, Adhipatimokkha, Adhipatipaccayata, Adhipatiphala, Adhipatiprataya, Adhipatipratyaya, Adhipatita, Adhipatitana, Adhipatitta, Adhipatitva, Adhipativati, Adhipatiyattha.
Full-text (+321): Naradhipati, Gramadhipati, Bhutadhipati, Lokadhipati, Adhipacca, Mathadhipati, Nagadhipati, Dashadhipati, Dhanadhipati, Adhipativati, Ganadhipati, Dravinadhipati, Tryadhipati, Sahasradhipati, Dandadhipati, Ekadhipati, Alakadhipati, Yakshadhipati, Manujadhipati, Senadhipati.
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