अधिकरण n. (
-णं)
1. Superiority, supremacy.
2. Title, right.
3. In the Mimansa philosophy, a case or topic, comprehending five members, the subject, the doubt, the first side or prima facie argument, the answer or conclusion, the application.
4. (In the Vedānta.) A case or question.
5. (In grammar) Location, the sense of the seventh or locative case, defined to imply four kinds.
1. Proximity, as, ‘a village on the Ganges.’
2. Inclusion, as, ‘the gods in heaven.’ 3. End or object, as, ‘versed in the Sāstras; and
4. Integral existence, as, ‘the spirit is in all.’
E. अधि over,
कृ to do; and
ल्युट् aff.