apādānam1 Taking away, removal; ablation; a thing from which another is removed. -2 (in gram.) The sense of the ablative case; dhruvamapāye'pādānam P.I.4.24; apādāne pañcamī II.3.28; apāye yadudāsīnaṃ calaṃ vā yadi vā'calam | dhruvameva tadāveśāttadapādānamucyate || Hari.; apādāna is of three kinds:- nirdiṣṭaviṣayaṃ kiṃcidupāttaviṣayaṃ tathā | apekṣitakriyaṃ ceti tridhāpādānamiṣyate ||e. g.vṛkṣāt patraṃ patati, meghādvidyotate vidyut, & kuto bhavān.