संस्‍कृतशब्‍दकोशः

निपत्

गिरना

fall, decline

निपत्

नीचे को उड़ाना, गिर पड़ना

to fly or fall down

Monier–Williams

निपत् — {ni-√pat} P. {-patati} (ep. also {te}), to fly down, settle down, descend on (loc.), alight &c##to rush upon, attack, assail (acc. or loc.)##to fall down, fall upon or into (lit. and fig., with {upari}, acc. or loc##with {pādayoḥ}, to throw one's self at a person's {gen.} feet )##to fall into ruin or decay, be lost &c##to be miscarried (as the fetus)##to befall, happen, take place, occur, fall to the share of (loc.) &c##to enter, be inserted, get a place : Caus. {-pātayati} (aor. {-apīpatat} ), to cause to fall down, or on (loc.), throw down, fell, kill, destroy &c. &c##to spit out iii, 60##to inlay, emboss iv, 1325##to fix (the teeth) in (loc.)##to direct (the eyes) towards (loc.)##to impute (a fault) to (gen.)##to raise (taxes) from (abl.)##(in gram.) to put down as a special or irregular form, consider as anomalous or irregular