nipat | निपत् | nipat
ni-√ pat | नि-√ पत् | P. -patati | -पतति | (ep. also ˚te | ˚ते |), to fly down, settle down, descend on (loc.), alight, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to rush upon, attack, assail (acc. or loc.), Ratnāv.; Kathās.; to fall down, fall upon or into (lit. and fig., with upari | उपरि |, acc. or loc.; with pādayoḥ | पादयोः |, to throw one's self at a person's [gen.] feet, Kum.; Kathās.); to fall into ruin or decay, be lost, AV.; MBh.; Suśr. &c.; to be miscarried (as the fetus), BhP.; to befall, happen, take place, occur, fall to the share of (loc.), Mn.; MBh.; Suśr. &c.; to enter, be inserted, get a place, Pāṇ.; Nir. : Caus. -pātayati | -पातयति | (aor. -apīpatat | -अपीपतत् |, RV.), to cause to fall down, or on (loc.), throw down, fell, kill, destroy, RV. &c. &c.; to spit out, Pañc. iii, 60; to inlay, emboss, MBh. iv, 1325; to fix (the teeth) in (loc.), MBh.; to direct (the eyes) towards (loc.), MārkP.; to impute (a fault) to (gen.), Kathās.; to raise (taxes) from (abl.), MBh.; (in gram.) to put down as a special or irregular form, consider as anomalous or irregular.