Alternative spellings of this word include Swadhikar.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Svādhikāra (स्वाधिकार) refers to “(fulfilling) one’s duties”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.16 (“Brahmā consoles the gods”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā said to the Gods: “O gods, welcome to you. I hope you are all fulfilling your duties [i.e., svādhikāra] without obstacles. Why have you all come here? Tell me”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

svādhikāra (स्वाधिकार).—m S One's own or proper office or authoritative station: also one's own right or authority.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Svādhikāra (स्वाधिकार).—one's own duty or sway; स्वाधिकारात् प्रमत्तः (svādhikārāt pramattaḥ) Meghadūta 1; स्वाधिकारभूमौ (svādhikārabhūmau) Ś.7.

Derivable forms: svādhikāraḥ (स्वाधिकारः).

Svādhikāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sva and adhikāra (अधिकार).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Svādhikāra (स्वाधिकार).—m.

(-raḥ) Own or peculiar office or station. E. sva, adhikāra duty.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Svādhikāra (स्वाधिकार):—[from sva] m. o°’s own office, special charge, peculiar station, [Meghadūta; Pañcatantra]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Svādhikāra (स्वाधिकार):—[svā+dhikāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Own office or station.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Svādhikāra (स्वाधिकार) [Also spelled swadhikar]:—(nm) one’s own right.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Svādhikāra (ಸ್ವಾಧಿಕಾರ):—

1) [noun] one’s office, authority or duty.

2) [noun] freedom from control, influence, support, aid or the like, of others.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Svādhikāra (स्वाधिकार):—n. one's own right or authority;

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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: Shva, Adhikara.

Ends with: Ashvadhikara.

Full-text: Svadhipatya, Swadhikar, Shva, Adhikara.

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