adjective falling, falling out, ruin, destruction Ja.i.293 (akkhīni); Ja.ii.154; Ja.iii.188 (geha˚), Ja.vi.85 (usu˚ range of his arrow).

fr. patati

bringing to fall, destroying, killing, only in gabbha˚; destroying the foetus, abortion (q.v. Dhp-a.i.47 and passim.

fr. pāteti

[fr. abhi-ni-pāteti in daṇḍa-sattha˚; attacking with stick or knife Cnd.576#4.

attack, pressing Thag-a.271.

fr. adhipatati

ra; (on ṇ: l cp. guṇa: guḷa etc.) to *del as in Sk. dala, dalati. Cp. Lat. dolare to cut, split, work in wood; delere to destroy; Gr.δαίδαλον work of art; Mhg. zelge twig; zol a stick Possibly also …

1. interior, cavity (loc. gabbhe in the midst of: angāra˚ Ja.iii.55); an inner room, private chamber, bedroom, cell. Of a Vihāra Vin.ii.303; Vin.iii.119; Vin.iv.45; Vv-a.188; Vv-a.220
   ■ Ja.i.90 …

…(vitakka); cp ˚sita;

• -patana the falling of the house Ja.iii.118.
• -pavesana (-mangala) (the…

cutting, severing Snp-a.148 (niddānan ti chedanaṃ lunanaṃ uppāṭanaṃ).

for lūna(na), cp. lavana

…(Maddakucchi); Vv-a.86 (Isipatana).

• -dhenu a hind Ja.i.152; Dhp-a.iii.148.
• -bhūta (having become)…

cutting off, mowing, destroying Snp.78 (= chedana lunana uppāṭana Snp-a.148) = SN.i.172; K.S. i.319, cp. niḍḍāyati.

Sk. *nirdāna, nis + dāna of dayati², Sk. dāti, cp. dātta

1. falling upon Dhp-a.i.295.
2. going to bed Vv-a.71 (pacchā˚ opp. pubbuṭṭhāna) Cp. nipātin.

to nipatati

fallen, gone, gone down; also: creeping only in foll. compounds:

• -ga a snake Thag.429 (˚inda chief of snake-demons) Ja.v.166; Mil.23.
• -gandha with gone down (i.e. deterio …

falling down Snp.576 = Ja.iv.127 (abl. papatanā papatanato C.).

fr. pa + pat

adjective on the point of falling, going to fall, falling Ja.vi.358.

fr. patana

1. a covering, membrane, lining, envelope, skin film Vism.257 (maṃsa˚ of the liver, where Kp-a.54 reads maṃsa-piṇḍa), Vism.359 (phaṇa˚); Dhs-a.307 (7 akkhi˚ membranes of the eye); Kp-a.21 (samuppa …

…uppannassa rukkhassa patanaṃ viya), Vb-a.334 sq. (as garu-bhaṇḍa) Snp-a.5 (“pathavi-ras’ ādim iva rukkhe”: with same simile…

…(= ākāsato ukkānaṃ patanaṃ DN-a.i.95); Ja.i.374; Ja.vi.476; Mil.178

• -mukha the opening or receiver of a furnace,…

pulling out, uprooting, destroying, skinning Ja.i.454; Ja.ii.283; Ja.vi.238; Mil.166; Pv-a.46 (kes˚); Sdhp.140 (camm˚). Cp. sam˚.

fr. ud + paṭ.

adjective pulling up, tearing out, uprooting Ja.i.303 (˚vāta); Ja.iv.333 (id.).

fr. uppāṭana

…[cp. Divy.180: śatanapatana-vikiraṇa-vidhvaṃsana-dharmatā; see also under vikiraṇa].

fr. viddhaṃseti; cp. BSk. vidhvaṃsana…

…Cp. BSk. formula śatana-patana-vikiraṇa-vidhvaṃsana (-dharmatā) Avs.i.96 (where S. Speyer in Index considers vikaraṇa the correct…