*Phāṭeti is conjectured reading for pāteti in phrase kaṭṭhaŋ pāteti M i.21, and in adhipāteti to split (see adhipāta & 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 Sk. sphāṭayati to split, is the only right expln of meaning. In that case we should put phal=sphaṭ, where l=ṭ, as in many Pali words, cp. phalikaP.Gr. § 386). The Prk. correspondent is phāḍei (Pischel, Gr. § 208).