Papaṭā (papatā) (feminine) [from papāta? Cf. papaṭikā] a broken-off piece, splinter, fragment; also proclivity, precipice, pit (?) S II 227 (papatā ti kho lābha-sakkāra-silokass'etaṃ adhivacanaṃ; cf. S III 109: sobbho papāto kodhūpāyāsass'etaṃ adhivacanaṃ); Snp 665 (papata = sobbha Pj II 479; Pj II 479; vv.ll. -t-, -d-). See also pappaṭaka.