sam-ā-√ dā P. Ā. -dadāti, -datte, (P.) to give, bestow, present, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; to give back, restore, [BhP.]; (Ā.) to take away fully or entirely, take away with one, accept, receive, [RV.] &c. &c.; to take out or away, remove, with draw, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; to take hold of, grasp, seize, [MBh.]; to gather, collect, [MBh.]; to apprehend, perceive, comprehend, find out, [Daśar.]; to take to heart, reflect on [BhP.]; to undertake, begin (with vacanam, or vākyam, ‘a speech’), [MBh.] : Caus. -dāpayati, to establish, [Divyāv.]; to instigate (see sam-ādāpaka &c.)