a present, an offering made to a king or a respected person.

that which is given with no charge or cost; a free gift.

a sum of money or any reward offered, promissed to give or demanded in order to procure an (often illegal or dishonest) action or decision in favour of the giver; a bribe.

a bonus or bounty paid to service personnel on retirement, discharge etc.; gratuity.

a leaning on; reclination; reposing.

a cloth case filled with feathers, down, foam rubber, air, etc., used as a support, as for leaning or reclining on; a side-pillow.

a taking; a favourable reception; acceptance (of something).

a taking or carrying away.

a withdrawal of organs of sense and perception from the external world and its objects.

a gift; a present.

money or any thing given to a person for getting some favour (usu. illegal or out of the way favour); a bribe.

the material out of which anything is made; the main ingredient.

the act or an instance of begging another for food, help, etc.

ಉಪಾದಾನದವರು upādānadavaru (pl.) persons who beg or ask for charity, esp. they who live by begging; beggars; mendicants.