Viddhaṃsati [vi + dhaṃsati] to fall down, to be shattered, to be ruined Miln 237; Pv-a 125 (potential °eyya). — causative viddhaṃseti to shatter, to destroy S III 190 (both transative and intransitive, the latter for °ati); Ja II 298; III 431; V 100; Sv I 265; Nidd I 5 (vikirati vidhameti viddhaṃseti: see also under vikirati). — past participle viddhasta and viddhaṃsita. passive viddhaṃsīyati to drop or to be destroyed, to come to ruin Sv I 18 = As 19 (suttena saṅgahitāni pupphāni na vikirīyanti na v.).
(pr, pr) drops down; falls away shakes off [lit.] falls apart Construction: vi + dhaṃsa + ti