N. of a kind of prayer or formula repeated be- fore and after eating (the formu- las being respectively amṛtopastaraṇamasi svāhā and amṛtāpidhānamasi svāhā); āpośā- nakriyāpūrvaṃ satkṛtānnamakutsayan Y. 1. 31, 106. naṃ The act of making an upastaraṇa (seat) and apidhāna (cover- ing) for the food eaten.