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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Nipat (निपत्).—1 P.

1) To fall or come down, descend, alight, sink down; निपतन्ती पतिमप्यपातयत् (nipatantī patimapyapātayat) R.8.38; Bhaṭṭikāvya 15.27.

2) To be cast at, be directed towards; निपेतुरन्तःकरणै- र्नरेन्द्राः (nipeturantaḥkaraṇai- rnarendrāḥ) R.6.11.

3) To throw oneself down (as at the feet), fall prostrate; देवास्तदन्ते हरमूढभार्यं किरीटबद्धाञ्जलयो निपत्य (devāstadante haramūḍhabhāryaṃ kirīṭabaddhāñjalayo nipatya) Kumārasambhava 7.92; R.4.5; Bhartṛhari 2.31.

4) To fall or descend into, meet in; त्वय्येव निपतन्त्योघा जाह्नवीया इवार्णवे (tvayyeva nipatantyoghā jāhnavīyā ivārṇave) R.1.26.

5) To fall upon, attack, rush at or upon; सिंहो शिशुरपि निपतति मदमलिनकपोलभित्तिषु गजेषु (siṃho śiśurapi nipatati madamalinakapolabhittiṣu gajeṣu) Bhartṛhari 2.38.

6) To happen, occur, take place, fall to one's lot; सकृदंशो निपतति (sakṛdaṃśo nipatati) Manusmṛti 9.47.

7) To be placed, occupy a place; अभ्यर्हितं पूर्वं निपतति (abhyarhitaṃ pūrvaṃ nipatati).

8) To flow in, discharge into.

9) To fall into ruin.

1) To fall into (any state).

11) To be miscarried (as the foetus). -Caus.

1) To cause to fall down, throw or hurl down.

2) To kill, destroy; तातं निपात्य सह बन्धुजनाक्षितोयैः (tātaṃ nipātya saha bandhujanākṣitoyaiḥ) Mu.5.7; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.63.

3) To inlay, emboss.

4) To direct (the eyes) upon.

5) To spit out.

6) To raise or levy (as a tribute).

7) (In gram.) To put down as a special or irregular form, to mention as an irregular formation; एते पञ्चविंशतिरजन्ता निपात्यन्ते (ete pañcaviṃśatirajantā nipātyante) Sk.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nipat (निपत्).—fly down, alight, descend, fall or rush upon ([accusative] or [locative]), get or fall into ([locative]), tumble down, throw one’s self down (pādayos); happen, occur ([with] [genetive] = come into the mind*), fall to the share of ([locative]), fall into ruin, be lost or in vain. [Causative] cause to fall, let fall, drop, throw down; put in, turn upon ([locative]); fell, destroy, kill; put down, establish ([grammar]).

Nipat is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ni and pat (पत्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nipat (निपत्):—[=ni-√pat] [Parasmaipada] -patati ([Epic] also te), to fly down, settle down, descend on ([locative case]), alight, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;

—to rush upon, attack, assail ([accusative] or [locative case]), [Ratnāvalī; Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to fall down, fall upon or into ([literally] and [figuratively], with upari, [accusative] or [locative case]; with pādayoḥ, to throw one’s self at a person’s [gen.] feet, [Kumāra-sambhava; Kathāsaritsāgara]);

—to fall into ruin or decay, be lost, [Atharva-veda; Mahābhārata; Suśruta] etc.;

—to be miscarried (as the fetus), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to befall, happen, take place, occur, fall to the share of ([locative case]), [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata; Suśruta] etc.;

—to enter, be inserted, get a place, [Pāṇini; Nirukta, by Yāska] :

—[Causal] -pātayati ([Aorist] -apīpatat, [Ṛg-veda]), to cause to fall down, or on ([locative case]), throw down, fell, kill, destroy, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.;

—to spit out, [Pañcatantra iii, 60];

—to inlay, emboss, [Mahābhārata iv, 1325];

—to fix (the teeth) in ([locative case]), [Mahābhārata];

—to direct (the eyes) towards ([locative case]), [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa];

—to impute (a fault) to ([genitive case]), [Kathāsaritsāgara];

—to raise (taxes) from ([ablative]), [Mahābhārata];

— (in gram.) to put down as a special or irregular form, consider as anomalous or irregular.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Nipat (निपत्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṇivaḍa, Ṇivaya.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Nipat in Hindi refers in English to:—(adv) extremely absolutely; exceedingly; —[gamvara] absolutely boorish/rustic..—nipat (निपट) is alternatively transliterated as Nipaṭa.

2) Nipat in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a particle..—nipat (निपात) is alternatively transliterated as Nipāta.

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Partial matches: Pat, Ni.

Starts with (+30): Nipata, Nipatadyotakatva, Nipatagolisu, Nipataka, Nipatala, Nipatam, Nipatana, Nipatanamgeysu, Nipatanarthakatva, Nipatanasvara, Nipatanem, Nipatani, Nipataniranjana, Nipataniya, Nipatapratikara, Nipatara, Nipatarthanirnaya, Nipatashipata, Nipatat, Nipatati.

Ends with: Abhinipat, Pranipat, Pratyavanipat, Samnipat, Sanipat, Sannipat, Upanipat, Vinipat.

Full-text (+19): Nivaya, Nipata, Padamula, Nipataka, Nipatin, Nipatana, Nipatati, Sannipatati, Nipateti, Vinipateti, Sannipateti, Abhinipatati, Panipata, Abhinipat, Padatala, Panipatati, Pranipatana, Pratinipata, Nipatavyayopasarga, Nipatapratikara.

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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)

Rig Veda 10.127.5 < [Sukta 127]

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