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आछाद (AchAda)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
āchāda, m. (cf. the following items), gift, present (not necessarily a garment!): Mv 〔ii.98.3〕 lubdhakena vipulo āchādo (a rich reward) labdho
〔iii.128.10〕 vipulo āchādo dinno
〔162.16〕 teṣāṃ āchādaṃ dāsyāmi (here gold minted and unminted, and garments, lines 14, 15)
food, bhaktāchādena (Speyer em. °chādanena
not food and dress but a gift of food) paripālanaṃ kariṣyati Av 〔ii.112.7〕
dharmāchāda, a pious or religious gift, SP 〔445.12〕 (dāsyāmo avalokiteśvarāya …) dharmaprābhṛtaṃ dharmāchādam (note āchāda as synonym of prābhṛta! the gift given was a necklace, muktāhāra, 〔446.1〕, again called dharmāchāda 〔446.2〕)
LV 〔352.5 f.〕 dharmāchādāṃś ca saṃpreṣayanti sma (by which, yair dharmāchādair, the universe became covered with many jewelled parasols).