उपादानupādānan. the act of taking for one's self, appropriating to one's self MBh. Mn. &c.
- neuter gender the act of taking for one's self, appropriating to one's self MBh. Mn. etc.
- neuter gender perceiving, noticing, learning, acquiring (knowledge) Hit. Vop.
- neuter gender accepting, allowing, including
- neuter gender employment, use Sa1h. Sarvad. Kap.
- neuter gender saying, speaking, mentioning, enumeration Veda1ntas. Ka1s3. Siddh.
- neuter gender abstraction, withdrawing (the organs of sense from the outer world) Lexicographers
- neuter gender (with Buddh.) grasping at or clinging to existence (caused by तृष्णा, desire, and causing भव, new births)
- neuter gender (with Ra1ma1nujas रामानुज s) preparation (of perfumes, flowers etc. as one of the five elements of worship) Sarvad.
- neuter gender cause, motive, material cause
- neuter gender material of any kind Sa1m2khyak. Veda1ntas. Kap. etc.
- neuter gender offering, present Lexicographers
Source: Monier-Williams