स्खल् [ skhal ] [ skhal ] Root cl. [1] P. ( Lit. Dhātup. xv , 37) [ skhalati ] ( rarely [ °te ] ; pf. [ caskhāla ] , [ caskhaluḥ ] Lit. MBh. ; fut. [ skhalitā ] , [ °liṣyati ] Gr. ; aor. [ askhālīt ] Lit. ib. ; inf. [ skhalitum ] Lit. ib.) , to stumble , trip , totter , waver , fluctuate (with [ na ] , " not to waver , remain steadfast , prevail " ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to drop or slip down , trickle down Lit. MW. ; to stammer , falter (as speech) Lit. Yājñ. Lit. Kālid. Lit. BhP. ; to make mistakes , blunder , err , fail Lit. Kāv. Lit. Car. Lit. Rājat. ; to gather , collect Lit. Dhātup. ; to move Lit. MW. ; to disappear Lit. ib. : Caus. [ skhālayati ] ( or [ skhālayati ] Lit. Dhātup. xix , 59) , to cause to falter Lit. Kum. ; to stop , arrest Lit. BhP.