Dharmadhikari, Dharmādhikārī: 3 definitions
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Dharmadhikari means something in Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarydharmādhikārī (धर्माधिकारी).—m S A public censor. 2 An administrator of the law; a justice or magistrate.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishdharmādhikārī (धर्माधिकारी).—m A public censor; an ad- ministrator of the law; a justice or magistrate.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusDharmādhikāri (ಧರ್ಮಾಧಿಕಾರಿ):—
1) [noun] an officer who hears and settles legal cases.
2) [noun] the chief of a religious institution.
3) [noun] an officer in a palace for looking after charitable endowments made by the king.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Dharmadhikarika, Dharmadhikarin, Dharmadhikaripurusha.
Full-text: Dharmadhikaripurusha, Ashtadhikara.
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