Padāleti [causative of pa + dal] 1. to cleave, break, pierce, destroy, in combination °khandhaṃ padāleti to destroy the great mass of ..., e.g. tamo° It 8 (padālayuṃ); Thig 28 (gerund padāliya = moha° padālitvā Thig-a 34); lobha° S V 88; avijjā° A I 285. 2. to break, break down, tear down, burst open Ja I 73 (pabbata-kūṭāni); IV 173 (matthakaṃ p°etvā uṭṭhita-siṅgā); V 68 (silāya matthakaṃ); Miln 332 (diṭṭhi-jālaṃ); Sv I 37 (Sineruṃ). See also sam° — past participle padālita (q.v.).
(pr, pr) splits; cracks; cleaves; breaks Construction: pa + dāle + ti