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nipāto

nipāta

masc nom sg of nipāta (noun); masc nom sg of nipāta (adj)

1. fall; descent; drop
2. (gram) indeclinable particle; lit. falling down; something irregular
3. falling; descending; dropping
4. chapter of a book; section; division; lit. falling down

Etymology. ni + √pat > pāt + *a; from √pat 'fall'; Sanskrit nipāta [nipat]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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