Ādhāna (nt.) [ā + dhāna] -- 1. putting up, putting down, placing, laying A iv.41 (aggissa ādhānaŋ, v. l. of 6 MSS ādānaŋ). -- 2. receptacle M i.414 (udak˚), cp. ādheyya. <-> 3. enclosure, hedge Miln 220 (kaṇṭak˚ thorny brake, see under kaṇṭaka).

-- gāhin holding one's own place, i. e. obstinate (?), reading uncertain & interchanging with ādāna, only in one ster. phrase, viz. sandiṭṭhi -- parāmāsin ādhāna -- gāhin duppaṭinissaggin Vin ii.89; M i.43, 96; A iii.335 (v. l. ādāna˚, C. expls by daḷhagāhin); D iii.247 (adhāna˚).