Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 P. 1 To fly round or about, wheel or whirl round, hover about; biṃdūtkṣepān pipāsuḥ paripatati śikhī bhrāṃtimadvāriyaṃtraṃ M. 2. 13; Amaru. 48.
2 To spring down upon, attack, fall upon (as in battle).
3 To run in all directions; (hayāḥ) paripeturdi- śo daśa Mb.
4 To go to or fall into; Śi. 11. 41. Caus. To shoot off or down.
Source entryMonier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. -patati (3. pl. pf. -petur), to fly or run about, wheel or whirl round, rush to and fro, move hither and thither RV. &c; to leap down from (abl.) MBh.; to throw one's self upon, attack (with loc.) ib.; Ka1v.: Caus. -pātayati, to cause to fall down, shoot... n. flying round or about S3ak. 075607 596,3 117900
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