1 Taking away, removal; ablation; a thing from which another is removed.

2 (In gram.) The sense of the ablative case; dhruvamapāye'pādānaṃ P. I. 4. 24; apādāne paṃcamī II. 3. 28; apāye yadudāsīnaṃ calaṃ vā yadi vā'calaṃ. dhruva- meva tadāveśāttadapādānamucyate.. Hari; apādāna is of three kinds: -niṃrdiṣṭaviṣayaṃ kiṃcidupātta- viṣayaṃ tathā. apekṣitakriyaṃ ceti tridhāpādāna- miṣyate.. e. g. vṛkṣāt patraṃ patati,...