udaká n. water RV. AV. KātyŚr. ŚBr. MBh. &c

• the ceremony of offering water to a dead person Gaut

• (udakaṃ √dā or pra-√dā or √1. kṛ, to offer water to the dead with gen. or dat. Yājñ. Mn. R. &c

• cf. upa- √spṛś)

• ablution (as a ceremony, udakârtha)

• a particular metre RPrāt