nipātaḥ

nipat P. patati ( ep. also te), to fly down, settle down, descend on ( loc. ), alight, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to rush upon, attack, assail ( acc. or loc. ), Ratnāv. ; Kathās. ; to fall down, fall upon or into ( lit. and fig. , with upari, acc. or loc. ; with pādayoḥ, to throw one's self at a person's [ gen. ] feet, Kum. ; Kathās. ); to fall into ruin or decay, be lost, AV. ; MBh. ; Suśr. &c.; to be miscarried (as the fetus), BhP. ; to befall, happen, take place, occur, fall to the share of ( loc. ), Mn. ; MBh. ; Suśr. &c.; to enter, be inserted, get a place, Pāṇ. ; Nir. : Caus. pātayati ( aor. apīpatat, RV. ), to cause to fall down, or on ( loc. ), throw down, fell, kill, destroy, RV. &c. &c.; to spit out, Pañc. iii, 60 ; to inlay, emboss, MBh. iv, 1325 ; to fix (the teeth) in ( loc. ), MBh. ; to direct (the eyes) towards ( loc. ), MārkP. ; to impute (a fault) to ( gen. ), Kathās. ; to raise (taxes) from ( abl. ), MBh. ; (in gram. ) to put down as a special or irregular form, consider as anomalous or irregular.