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nipateyya

nipatati

opt 3rd sg of nipatati (verb)

1. drops; falls; lands
2. befalls; attacks; infests; lit. falls down
3. supplies (somebody with); invests in; (comm) invites; lit. falls down

Etymology. ni + pata + ti; from √pat 'fall'; Sanskrit nipatati [nipat]

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

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