upâ-dāna n. the act of taking for one's self, appropriating to one's self MBh. Mn. &c

• perceiving, noticing, learning, acquiring (knowledge) Hit. Vop

• accepting, allowing, including

• employment, use Sāh. Sarvad. Kap

• saying, speaking, mentioning, enumeration Vedāntas. Kāś. Siddh

• abstraction, withdrawing (the organs of sense from the outer world) L

• (with Buddh.) grasping at or clinging to existence (caused by tṛṣṇā, desire, and causing bhava, new births)

• (with Rāmānujas) preparation (of perfumes, flowers &c. as one of the five elements of worship) Sarvad

• cause, motive, material cause

• material of any kind Sāṃkhyak. Vedāntas. Kap. &c

• offering, present L