[pat-ghañ] 1 Flying, flight.

2 Alighting, descending, descent.

3 Falling down, fall, downfall (fig also); drumaº, gṛhaº; cagṇapātaḥ ‘falling down at the feet’; R. 11. 92; pāto- tpātau ‘rise and fall.’

4 Destruction. dissolution, ruin; Ku. 3. 44.

5 A blow, stroke; as in khaḍgapātaḥ.

6 Shedding, discharging, emitting; asṛkpātaiḥ Ms. 8. 44.

7 A cast, throw, shot; dṛṣṭiº R. 13. 18.

8 An attack, inroad.

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