Maha Adigar

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Mahâ Adigâr of Kingdom of Kandy
Maha Adigar Ehelepola Nilame (1811-1814)
Style	Mahâ Nilame
Member of	Amātya Mandalaya
Reports to	The Monarch
Seat	Kandy
Appointer	The Monarch

Monarchical Sri Lanka
Part of a series on the politics and government of the Sinhala Kingdom
Royal Court
Monarch	King
Queen consort	Randolis
Sub king / Heir apparent	Yuvaraja
Concubinage	Yakadadoli
Amātya Mandalaya (Council of State)
1st Prime Minister	Pallegampahê Mahâ Nilamê
2nd Prime Minister	Udagampahê Mahâ Nilamê
Chief Secretary	Mahâ Mohottâla
Provincial Governors	Mahâ Dissâvas
Royal Household Officers	Dugganna Nilamês
Sons of Chiefs	Bandâras
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The Mahâ Adigâr (Sinhala: මහා අධිකාරම්) (also known as Adikārama, Adikār)^[1] was a Great Officer in the Amātya Mandalaya, or Sinhalese Council of State, in the Sinhalese Kingdoms of monarchical Sri Lanka. The office was second in power and dignity to the King. Like many of the existing high offices at the time it had combined legislative and judicial powers and functioned primarily equivalent to that of a prime minister and chief justice, but also had duties in the governance of a province.^[2] During the Kandyan period there were two Adigars, who were styled Mahâ Nilames (Grand Officers), the Pallegampahê Mahâ Nilamê and the Udagampahê Mahâ Nilamê, the former taking precedence over the latter.