पातुक

{ pātuka }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : पतनोन्मुख

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पातुक  mfn.  mfn. falling or apt to fall (= पतनशील, [Pāṇ. 3-2, 154])
falling down, [Śiś. iii, 3]
losing caste or going to the lower regions, [MBh. xii, 3444]
पातुक  m.  m. a precipice, [L.]
जलहस्तिन्   an aquatic animal (= ), [L.]
N. of a poet, [Cat.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

पातुक [pātuka] a.  a. (-की f.) [पत्-उकञ्]
Falling habitually or frequently; संयच्छन् भवति प्राणानसंयच्छंस्तु पातुकः [Mb.12.] 91.42; [Śi.3.3.]
Apt or disposed to fall.
Losing one's caste.
Going to hell.
कः The declivity of a mountain, a precipice.
The water-elephant.

Shabda-Sagara

पातुक  mfn.  ( -कः-की-कं) Falling frequently or habitually, disposed to fall.
 m.  ( -कः)
1. The declivity of a mountain, a precipice.
2. An aquatic animal of a large size; figuratively, the water-elephant.
E. पत् to fall, aff. उकञ्.

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पत् उकञ्

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

See : विपरितगामिन्