(1) Obtain, take, hold, seize, grasp, gather. (2) Cognition through the faculties of perception (anupalabdhi). (3) To grasp, comprehend, understand. (4) Attachment. The mental function of incessant desiring and grasping (anupa^da^na). (5) As 'attachment' or 'grasping,' the ninth of the twelve factors of conditioned arising. (6) An indicator of the accusative case.