पतन [ patana ] [ patana ] m. f. n. who or what flies or falls Lit. Pāṇ. 3-2 , 150

  [ patana ] m. N. of a Rākshasa Lit. MBh.

  n. the act of flying or coming down , alighting , descending , throwing one's self down at or into (loc. or comp.) Lit. RV.

  setting (as the sun) Lit. MBh.

  going down (to hell) Lit. Mn. vi , 61

  hanging down , becoming flaccid (said of the breasts) Lit. Bhartṛ.

  fall , decline , ruin , death Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  loss of caste , apostacy Lit. Pur.

  ( with [ garbhasya ] ) miscarriage Lit. Var.

  (in arithm.) subtraction Lit. Col.

  (in astron.) the latitude of a planet Lit. W.