ACAda
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).