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Abhipatana (अभिपतन).—

1) Approaching.

2) Falling upon, assault, attack.

3) Going forth, departure.

Derivable forms: abhipatanam (अभिपतनम्).

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Abhipatana (अभिपतन):—[=abhi-patana] [from abhi-pat] n. flying towards.

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

Abhipatana (अभिपतन):—[tatpurusha compound] n.

(-nam) 1) Approaching, arrival.

2) Going forth, departure; compare abhipitva. E. pat with abhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

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

Abhipatana (अभिपतन):—(von 1. pat mit abhi) n. das Herbeifliegen: śyenābhipatanairete nipatanti pramādyataḥ [Spr. 3513.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Abhipatana (अभिपतन):—n. das herbeifliegen [Indische sprüche 392.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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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.

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Partial matches: Patana, Abhi.

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