[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.84 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.84 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.84 - **Language:** English ### [c10.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.84) ADIGAR, s. Properly \*adhikār\*, from Skt. \*adhikārin\*, one possessing authority; Tam. \*adhikāri\*, or \*-kāren\*. The title was formerly in use in South India, and perhaps still in the native States of Malabar, for a rural headman. \[See quot. from Logan below.\] It was also in Ceylon (\*adikārama\*, \*adikār\*) the title of chief minister of the Candyan Kings. See PATEL. - [Previous: c10.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.83) - [Next: c10.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.85) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.84) · Pramāṇa