Phāṭeti *Phāṭeti is conjectured reading for pāteti in phrase kaṭṭhaṃ pāteti M I 21, and in adhipāteti to split (see adhipāta and vipāta). The derivation of these expressions from pat is out of place, where close relation to phāleti (phalati) is evident, and a derivation from phaṭ = sphat, as in Sanskrit sphāṭayati to split, is the only right explanation of meaning. In that case we should put phal = sphaṭ, where l = ṭ, as in many Pāli words, cf. phalika see Geiger, Pāli Grammar §38 6 . The Prākrit correspondent is phāḍei (Pischel, Pkt Gr. §208).