○pāta mfn. falling like a thṭthunderbolt R

• m. the fall of a thunderbolt, stroke of lightning Kāv. Prab

• -dāruṇa mfn. terrible as a clap of thunder, Pañcit

• -duḥ-saha-tara mfn. more dangerous than a thṭthunder-clap ib

• -sadṛta mfn. like a thunder-clap ib

• ○tāya Nom. Ā. (only ○yita) to fall like a thunderbolt Pārśvan

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William