पात [ pāta ] [ pāta ]2 m. ( for 1. see under √ 3. [ pā ] ) flying , mode of flying , flight Lit. MBh.

  throwing one's self or falling into (loc.) or from (abl.) , fall , downfall (also ifc. after what would be a gen. or abl. e.g. , [ gṛha- ] , fall of a house ; [ parvata- ] , fall from a mountain ; [ bhū- ] , fall on the earth) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  alighting , descending or causing to descend , casting or throwing upon , cast , fall (of a thunderbolt) , throw , shot Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Pañcat.

  a stroke (of a sword ) Lit. Kathās.

  application (of ointment , of a knife ) Lit. Kāvyâd.

  casting or directing (a look or glance of the eyes) Lit. Ragh.

  decay of the body ( [ deha-pāta ] ) , death Lit. Kathās. Lit. Bādar.

  ( with [ garbhasya ] ) fall of the fetus , miscarriage Lit. Suśr.

  an attack , incursion Lit. Var.

  a case , possibility , Lit. ŚāṅkhBr.

  happening , occurrence , appearance Lit. Prab. Lit. Kathās. Lit. Daśar.

  a fault , error , mistake Lit. Sūryas.

  the node in a planet's orbit Lit. ib. ( cf. Lit. IW. 179)

  a malignant aspect Lit. ib.

  N. of Rāhu Lit. L.

  pl. N. of a school of the Yajur-veda Lit. ib.