Apte Dictionary

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Entry पत्

पत्patTo be master of.
1. To be master of.
2. To rule, control.
3. To possess.
4. To be fit for, serve for (with Dative) -III. 1. Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada) (पतयति-ते)
5. To cause to fall down, descend or sink etc.; निपतन्ती पतिमप्यपातयत् R.8.38;9.61;11.76.
6. To let fall, throw or drop down, fell down (as trees etc.).
7. To ruin, overthrow; व्यपदेशमाविलयितुं किमीहसे जनमिमं च पातयितुम् Ś.5. 21.
8. To shed (as tears).
9. To cast, direct (as the sight).
10. To dash or strike out.
11. To throw or put in, cause to enter.
12. To bring to ruin or misfortune.
13. To depreciate, lower the value of anything; अर्घतः पातिताः Bh.2.15.
14. (In arith.) To subtract, deduct.
15. To set in motion, set on foot. -Desid. (पिपतिषति or पित्सति) To wish to fall. -II. 4.Ā. (पत्यते) Vedic
16. To go, move.
17. To be master of (intransitive).
Derived forms and compounds
- पत् pat
  
  I. 1 Parasmaipada (पतति, पतित)
  
  To fall, fall down, come down, descend, drop down, alight; अवाङ्मुखस्योपरि पुष्पवृष्टिः पपात विद्याधरहस्तमुक्ता R.2.6; वृष्टिर्भवने चास्य पेतुषी 1.77; (रेणुः) पतति परिणतारुणप्रकाशः शलभसमूह इवाश्रमद्रुमेषु Ś.1.31; Me.17; Bk.7.9;21.6.
  
  To fly, move through the air, soar; हन्तुं कलहकारोऽसौ शब्दकारः पपात खम् Bk.5.1; see पतत् below.
  
  To set, sink (below the horizon); सोऽयं सोमः पतति गगनादल्पशेषमैर्यूखैः Ś.4.2 Vartious reading; पतत्पतङ्गप्रतिमस्तपो- निधिः Śi.1.12.
  
  To cast oneself at, throw oneself down, मयि ते पादपतिते किंकरत्वमुपागते Pt.4.7; so चरणपतितम् Me.15;
  
  To fall (in a moral sense), lose one's caste, forfeit one's rank or position, fall off; परधर्मेण जीवन् हि सद्यः पतति जातितः Ms.1.97;3.16;5.19;9.2; Y.1. 38.
  
  To come down (as from heaven); पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः Bg.1.42.
  
  To fall, be reduced to wretchedness or misery; प्रायः कन्दुकपातेनोत्पतत्यार्यः पतन्नपि Bh.2.123.
  
  To go down into hell, go to perdition; Ms.11.37; प्रसक्ताः कामभोगेषु पतन्ति नरकेऽशुचौ Bg.16.16.
  
  To fall, occur, come to pass, take place; लक्ष्मीर्यत्र पतन्ति तत्र विवृतद्वारा इव व्यापदः Subhāṣ.
  
  To be directed to, light or fall upon (with Locative); प्रसादसौम्यानि सतां सुहृज्जने पतन्ति चक्षूंषि न दारुणाः शराः Ś.6.29.
  
  To fall to one's lot or share.
  
  To be in, fall in or into. -Causal (पातयति-ते, पतयति rarely)
In the Gita1·41 16·16

पतन्ति पितरो ह्येषां लुप्तपिण्डोदकक्रियाः ॥

patanti pitaro hyeṣāṁ luptapiṇḍodakakriyāḥ. — This confusion leads to hell the ruiners of the family, and the family; for their ancestors fall, deprived of pinda (rice offering) and libations. 1·41
- पतन्तिpatantipresent 3rd person plural of the verbal root pat (to fall).
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