Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. Rushing upon, attack- ing. taḥ 1 Rushing or falling upon, attack, descending, alighting; tadāpātabhayātpathi Ku. 2. 45; garuḍā- pātaviśliṣṭameghanādāstrabaṃdhanaḥ R. 12. 76.
2 Throwing down.
3 Causing to descend or fall, falling down; dhārāpā- taiḥ Me. 48.
4 (a) The present or current moment, the instant; āpā- taramyā viṣayāḥ paryaṃtaparitāpinaḥ Ki. 11. 12, āpatasurase bhoge nimagnāḥ kiṃ na kurvate S. D.;...