apādānaṃ1 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 .dhruvameva tadāveśāttadapādānamucyate .. Hariv.; apādāna is of three kinds: -nirdiṣṭaviṣayaṃkiṃcidupāttaviṣayaṃ tathā . apekṣitakriyaṃ cetitridhāpādānamiṣyate ..e. g.vṛkṣāt patraṃ patati, meghādvidyotate vidyut, & kuto bhavān.