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Borrowed from Sanskrit अधीनता (adhīnatā).
അധീനത • (adhīnata)
- subjection, a state of dependence on a higher authority
- Warrier, M. I. (2008), “അധീനത [adhīnata]”, in Malayalam-English Dictionary (in Malayalam), 22nd edition, Kottayam: DC Books