ādāna
Ādāna,(nt.) [ād + āna,or directly from ā + dā,base 1 of dadāti] taking up,getting,grasping,seizing; fig. appropriating,clinging to the world,seizing on (worldly objects). (1) (lit.) taking (food),pasturing M.III,133; J.V,371 (& °esana). -- (2) getting,acquiring,taking,seizing S.II,94; A.IV,400 (daṇḍ°); PvA.27 (phal°); esp. freq. in adinn° seizing what is not given,i. e. theft:see under adinna. -- (3) (fig.) attachment,clinging A.V,233,253 (°paṭinissagga); Dh.89 (id.; cp. DhA.II,163); Sn.1103 (°taṇhā),1104 (°satta); Nd1 98 (°gantha); Nd2 123,124. --an° free from attachment S.I,236 (sādānesu anādāno “not laying hold mong them that grip” trsl.); A.II,10; It.109; J.IV,354; Miln.342; DhA.IV,70 (= khandhādisu niggahaṇo). Cp. upa°,pari°. (Page 98)