m. "one who is deprived of the sāvitrī-", a man of the first 3 classes whose investiture (upa-nayana-q.v) has been unduly performed or omitted (seesāvitrī-patita-).
पतित p. p. 1 Fallen, descended, alighted. -2 Dropped. -3 Fallen (in a moral sense), abandoned, wicked; नष्टे मृते प्रव्रजिते क्लीबे च पतिते पतौ । -4 Apostate. -5 Degraded, outcast. -6 Fallen in battle, defeated or overthrown. -7 Being in, fallen into; as in अवंशपतित. -8 Placed, kept; निक्षेपे पतिते हर्म्ये श्रेष्ठी स्तौति स्वदेवताम् Pt. I.14. -9 (with पादयोः or पाद-) Having thrown oneself at (a person's feet). -तम् Flying. -Comp. -उत्पन्न a. sprung from an outcast. -गर्भा a woman who miscarries. -मूर्धज a. one whose hair has fallen out. -वृत्त a. one leading a life of an out-cast. -सावित्रीकः a man of the first three classes whose thread-ceremony has been improperly performed, or not performed at all. -स्थित a. lying on the ground.
pp. √ 1. pat; n. flight: -vritta, pp. living as an outcast; -sâvitrî ka, a. having neglected the Sâvitrî, i. e. hav ing omitted investiture with the sacred cord; -sthita, pp. lying on the ground; -½utthita, pp. shipwrecked and rescued.
pp. fallen of its own accord (fruit); -prakâsamâna, pr. pt. self-luminous: -tva, n. -ness; -prabha, a. self-luminous: â, f. N.; -prasîrná, pp. dropped off by itself (V.); -bhú, a. n. of -bh&usharp;; m. ep. of Brahman and of Siva; -bh&usharp;, a. (n. ú) self-existent, independent; relating to Buddha (rare); m. Brahman; Buddha; -mrita, pp. having died of one's own accord (=a natural death).
adjective alighted (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
being in (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
degraded (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
descended (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dropped (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fallen (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fallen (morally) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fallen into (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fallen upon or from (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
happened (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having thrown one's self at a person's feet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
occurred (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wicked (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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