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papataṁ

Papaṭā

(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. papā

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1. Papaṭā

(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

2. Papāta

  1. falling down, a fall Vin.ii.284 (chinna-papātaṃ papatanti); SN.v.47.
  2. a cliff, precipice, steep rock MN.i.11; SN.iii.109 (sobbho p. kodh’ upāyāsass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ; cp. papaṭā) AN.iii.389 (sobbho p.); Ja.iii.5; Ja.iii.530; Ja.v.70; Ja.vi.306, Ja.vi.309 Vism.116; Pv-a.174; Sdhp.208, Sdhp.282, Sdhp.353
    ■ adj. falling off steeply, having an abrupt end Vin.ii.237 = AN.iv.198 AN.iv.200 (samuddo na āyatakena p.).
  • -taṭa a rocky or steep declivity Dhp-a.i.73.

cp. Epic. Sk. prapāta, of pra + pat

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