1 Depending on or from, hanging from.

2 Support, prop, stay; Ki. 2. 13; Pt. 1. 32; sustain- ing, supporting; Me. 4.

3 Recep- tacle, abode; U. 6. 10.

4 Reason, cause.

5 Base.

6 (In Rhet.) That on which a rasa or sentiment, as it were hangs, person or thing with reference to which a sentiment a- rises, the natural and necessary con- nection of sentiment with the cause which excites it. The causes (vibhāva)...