पाथस्

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 3 January 2022

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পাথস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬵᬣᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পাথস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰯𑰞𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀸𑀣𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပါထသ် (Burmese script)
• પાથસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਾਥਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌾𑌥𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦴꦡꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂰𑂟𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಾಥಸ್ (Kannada script)
• បាថស៑ (Khmer script)
• ປາຖສ຺ (Lao script)
• പാഥസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘰𑘞𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢗᠲᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧑𑦾𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐵𑐠𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପାଥସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢵꢢꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆳𑆡𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖯𑖞𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පාථස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩛𑩬𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚭𑚚𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• பாத²ஸ் (Tamil script)
• పాథస్ (Telugu script)
• ปาถสฺ (Thai script)
• པཱ་ཐ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒰𑒟𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨊𑨚𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑ́ː.tʰɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɑː.t̪ʰɐs̪/

Noun

पाथस् • (pā́thas) stem, n

1. spot, place

   Synonym: स्थान (sthāna)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.154.5.1:

     तदस्य प्रियमभि पाथो अश्यां नरो यत्र देवयवो मदन्ति ।

     tadasya priyamabhi pātho aśyāṃ naro yatra devayavo madanti.

     May I attain to that his well-loved place where men devoted to the Devas are happy.

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.8.9.2:

     उन्नीयमानाः कविभिः पुरस्ताद्देवा देवानामपि यन्ति पाथः ॥

     unnīyamānāḥ kavibhiḥ purastāddevā devānāmapi yanti pāthaḥ.

     They, lifted up on high, by sages, eastward, go forth as Devas to the Devas' place.

2. food (especially as an offering)

   Synonyms: भोजन (bhojana), भुक्ति (bhukti), आश (āśa), खान (khāna), नमस् (namas), आहार (āhāra), इडा (iḍā); see also Thesaurus:खान

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.110.10.1:

     उपावसृज त्मन्या समञ्जन्देवानां पाथ ऋतुथा हवींषि ।

     upāvasṛja tmanyā samañjandevānāṃ pātha ṛtuthā havīṃṣi.

     Send to our offering which thyself thou balmest the Companies of Devas in ordered season.

3. (Classical Sanskrit) water

   Synonyms: जल (jala), पानीय (pānīya), उदक (udaka), तोय (toya), अम्भस् (ambhas), उदन् (udan), अम्बु (ambu), वारि (vāri), सलिल (salila); see also Thesaurus:जल

   • Gaṅgālaharī :

     हरन्तां संतापं कमपि मरुदुल्लासलहरीछटाश्चञ्चत्पाथः कणसरणयो दिव्यसरितः ॥

     harantāṃ saṃtāpaṃ kamapi marudullāsalaharīchaṭāścañcatpāthaḥ kaṇasaraṇayo divyasaritaḥ.

   • c. 400 CE – 700 CE, Amarasiṃha, Amarakośa 1.262.2:

     कबन्धमुदकं पाथः पुष्करं सर्वतोमुखम् ॥

     kabandhamudakaṃ pāthaḥ puṣkaraṃ sarvatomukham.

     kabandha, udaka, pāthas, puṣkara, sarvatomukha [Sanskrit words for water]

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of पाथस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पाथः (pā́thaḥ)	पाथसी (pā́thasī)	पाथांसि (pā́thāṃsi)
vocative	पाथः (pā́thaḥ)	पाथसी (pā́thasī)	पाथांसि (pā́thāṃsi)
accusative	पाथः (pā́thaḥ)	पाथसी (pā́thasī)	पाथांसि (pā́thāṃsi)
instrumental	पाथसा (pā́thasā)	पाथोभ्याम् (pā́thobhyām)	पाथोभिः (pā́thobhiḥ)
dative	पाथसे (pā́thase)	पाथोभ्याम् (pā́thobhyām)	पाथोभ्यः (pā́thobhyaḥ)
ablative	पाथसः (pā́thasaḥ)	पाथोभ्याम् (pā́thobhyām)	पाथोभ्यः (pā́thobhyaḥ)
genitive	पाथसः (pā́thasaḥ)	पाथसोः (pā́thasoḥ)	पाथसाम् (pā́thasām)
locative	पाथसि (pā́thasi)	पाथसोः (pā́thasoḥ)	पाथःसु (pā́thaḥsu)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “पाथस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 617, column 1.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pāthas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पाथस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1006
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पाथस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 160