उपा-दान n. 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.] तृष्णा (with,
[Buddh.] ) grasping at or clinging to existence (caused by , desire, and causing
भव, new births)
(with
रामानुजs) 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.]