mfn. (for 2. See p. 616, col. 3) watched, protected, preserved, [L.]
m. (for 1. See under √ 3. pā) flying, mode of flying, flight, [MBh.]
throwing one's self or falling into (loc.) or from (abl.), fall, downfall (also ifc. after what would be a gen. or abl. &c. e.g., gṛha-, fall of a house; parvata-, fall from a mountain; bhū-, fall on the earth), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
alighting, descending or causing to descend, casting or throwing upon, cast, fall (of a thunderbolt), throw, shot, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Pañcat.]
a stroke (of a sword &c.), [Kathās.]
application (of ointment, of a knife &c.), [Kāvyād.]
casting or directing (a look or glance of the eyes), [Ragh.]
decay of the body (deha-pāta), death, [Kathās.]; [Bādar.]
(with garbhasya) fall of the fetus, miscarriage, [Suśr.]
an attack, incursion, [Var.]
a case, possibility, [ŚāṅkhBr.]
happening, occurrence, appearance, [Prab.]; [Kathās.]; [Daśar.]
a fault, error, mistake, [Sūryas.]
the node in a planet's orbit, [ib.] (cf. [IW. 179])
a malignant aspect, [ib.]
N. of Rāhu, [L.]
pl. N. of a school of the Yajur-veda, [ib.]