samāḍāna | समाडान | samADAna

sam-āḍāna | सम्-आडान | n. putting together, laying, adding (esp. fuel to fire), Gobh.
composing, adjusting, settling, and
reconciliation, MBh.
intentness, attention (acc. with √ kf | क्फ़् |, ‘to attend’), eagerness, Śaṃk.; Pañcar.
fixing the mind in abstract contemplation (as on the true nature of spirit), religious meditation, profound absorption or contemplation, MBh.; Kāv.; Vedāntas.
justification of a statement, proof (cf. -rūpaka | -रूपक |), Sarvad.
(in logic) replying to the Pūrva-pakṣa, MW.
(in dram.) fixing the germ or leading incident (which gives rise to the whole plot, e.g. Śak. i, 27)

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