AlaMbanaM 1 Depending on or from, hanging from. 2 Support, prop, stay; Ki. 2. 13 ; Pt. 1. 32 ; sustaining, supporting; Me. 4. 3 Receptacle, abode; U. 6. 10. 4 Reason, cause. 5 Base. 6 (In Rhet. ) That on which a rasa or sentiment, as it were hangs, person or thing with reference to which a sentiment arises, the natural and necessary connection of sentiment with the cause which excites it. The causes ( viBAva ) giving rise to a Rasa are classified as two: — AlaMbana and uddIpana ; e. g. in the Bībhatsa sentiment stinking flesh &c. is the AlaMbana of the Rasa , and the attendant circumstances which enhance the feeling of loathing (the worms &c. in the flesh) are its uddIpanAni (exciters); for the other Rasas see S. D. 210-238 . 7 The mental exercise practised by the Yogin in endeavouring to bring before his thoughts the gross form of the Eternal. 8 Silent repetition of a prayer. 9 (With Buddhists) The five attributes of things corresponding to the five senses, i. e. rUpa , rasa, gaMDa, sparSa and Sabda . 10 Dharma or law corresponding to manas .