place for putting something down or into a receptacle Vin.i.204 (salāk˚, vy. ll. and gloss on p. 38 as follows: sālākāṭṭhāniya A, salākātaniya C, salākadhāraya B, salāk’odhāniyan ti yattha salākaṃ odahanti taṃ D E)
■ Cp. samodhāneti.

fr. avadhāna, ava + dhā, cp. Gr. ἀποχήκη, see odahati