ā-dhā́na n. putting near or upon, depositing, placing, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Mn.] &c.
lighting, kindling, placing a fire (especially the sacred fire, cf. agny-ā° above), [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.] &c.
impregnating (cf. garbhā°), [Megh. 3], &c.
a ceremony performed before coition
adding, [Vām.]
causing, effecting, [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [Megh.] &c.
pledging, depositing, [Yājñ.]
taking, having, receiving
assigning, attributing, employing
containing, being in possession of
the place in which anything is deposited or rests, [ŚBr.]
the bit of a bridle, [TS.]