1 P. 1 To fall or come down, descend, alight, sink down; nipataṃtī patimapyapātayat R. 8. 38; Bk. 15. 27.

2 To be cast at, be directed to wards; R. 6. 11.

3 To throw oneself down (as at the feet), fall prostrate; devāstadaṃte haramūḍhabhāryaṃ ki- rīṭabaddhāṃjalayo nipatya Ku. 7. 92; R. 4. 50; Bh. 2. 31.

4 To fall or de- scend into, meet in; R. 10. 26.

5 To fall upon, attack, rush at or up- on; siṃho śiśurapi...

P. -patati (ep. also te), to fly down, settle down, descend on (loc.), alight MBh.; Ka1v. &c; to rush upon, attack, assail (acc. or loc.) Ratna7v.; Katha1s.; to fall down, fall upon or into (lit. and fig., with upari, acc. or loc.; with pādayoḥ, to throw... n. falling down, falling, descending MBh.; Hariv. 549,2 108686 n. (garbhiṇyāgarbhasya) the lying-in of a pregnant woman VarBr2S. li, 35 549,2 108687 n. flying...