1. a container, receptacle, basin, lit. holder AN.iii.27; Ja.vi.257.
2. “holding up”, i.e. support, basis, prop. esp. a (round) stool or stand for the alms-bowl (patta) Vin.ii.113 (an˚ patto); MN.iii.95; SN.v.21; Ja.v.202
   ■ fig. SN.v.20 (an˚ without a support cittaṃ); Vism.8, Vism.444.
3. (tt. g.) name for the loc. case (“resting on”) Snp.211.

ā + dhāra