(papatā) feminine a broken-off piece, splinter, fragment; also proclivity precipice, pit (?) SN.ii.227 (papatā ti kho lābha-sakkāra-silokass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ; cp. SN.iii.109: sobbho papāto kodh’ ûpāyāsass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ); Snp.665 (= sobbha Snp-a.479; gloss papada). See also pappaṭaka.

fr. papāta? Cp. papaṭikā