Pāli Dictionary

nipatati

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Part of speech

verb

Root

pat1fall

Synonyms

patati, anupatati

general

  • drops; falls; lands

  • Thag 1.118

    abhisatto'va nipatati, vayo rūpaṃ aññam'iva tath'eva santaṃ, tass'eva sato avippavasato, aññass'eva sarāmi attānan'ti.

  • MN 45

    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, gimhānaṃ pacchime māse māluvāsipāṭikā phaleyya. atha kho taṃ, bhikkhave, māluvābījaṃ aññatarasmiṃ sālamūle nipateyya. atha kho, bhikkhave, yā tasmiṃ sāle adhivatthā devatā sā bhītā saṃviggā santāsaṃ āpajjeyya.

  • befalls; attacks; infests

  • AN 8.51

    seyyathā'pi, ānanda, sampanne ucchukkhette mañjiṭṭhikā nāma rogajāti nipatati, evaṃ taṃ ucchukkhettaṃ na ciraṭṭhitikaṃ hoti, evam'evaṃ kho, ānanda, yasmiṃ dhammavinaye labhati mātugāmo agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajjaṃ, na taṃ brahmacariyaṃ ciraṭṭhitikaṃ hoti.

  • (commerce) supplies; invests in; invites

  • AN 3.20

    te naṃ bhogehi nipatanti, ito, samma pāpaṇika, bhoge karitvā puttadārañ'ca posehi, amhākañ'ca kālena kālaṃ anuppadehī'ti. evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, pāpaṇiko nissayasampanno hoti.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

nipataiti
  1. nipatanipatati

    drops; falls; lands

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

nipātaiti
  1. nipāta

    fall; descent; dropping; (as adj.) falling, descending

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

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