pAtana a. [ pat-Ric lyu lyuw vA ] Felling. cutting down. — naM 1 Causing to fall down, bringing or throwing down, knocking down. 2 Throwing, casting. 3 Humbling, lowering. 4 Removing. N. B. pAtanaM may have different meanings according to the noun with which it is used; e. g. daqasya pAtanaM ‘causing the rod to fall’, i. e. chastising; garBasya pAtanaM ‘causing the fœtus to fall’, causing an abortion.