adhikāra (412)

adhikāra
Entry 412, Page 12, Col. 1

(aDikAra, aDikAra)
adhikāra¦, m., (= Pali id.), service, respectful duty performed towards another, usually a superior (and esp. a Buddha); Senart Mv i.402, note on i.37.11--12, renders offrande, and so Suzuki on Laṅk 6.3 offerings. No doubt the ‘service’ often included or consisted of offerings; but that this was not necessarily so is proved by SP 111.12 bahūhi kāryehi kṛtādhikārāḥ, said of merchants (vāṇijāḥ) employed by a wealthy capitalist who do service (to him) with many business-operations (certainly not offerings, kāryehi!). The cpd. kṛtādhikāra (Pali katā°) is very common and in BHS most often refers to services per- formed for present or past Buddhas: SP 49.13; Laṅk 6.3 (kṛtādhikārā buddheṣu kariṣyanty adhunā ca vai); Mv ii.288.8; iii.263.12; purima-jina-kṛtādhikāra LV 393.6; Mv ii.312.5; sumahantā adhikārā mayā kṛtā (to former Buddhas) Mv iii.241.12; (bhagavato…) adhikāraṃ kartuṃ Mv i.37.12;…kṛtvā Mv i.44.14; prasannādhikāra, service tendered by one who is kindly disposed, i.e. service of friendship, Divy 305.7; 308.20 ff.

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