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
- spot, place
- Synonym: स्थान (sthāna)
- 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. 1500 BCE – 1000 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.
- उपावसृज त्मन्या समञ्जन्देवानां पाथ ऋतुथा हवींषि ।
- (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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- हरन्तां संतापं कमपि मरुदुल्लासलहरीछटाश्चञ्चत्पाथः कणसरणयो दिव्यसरितः ॥
- 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]
- कबन्धमुदकं पाथः पुष्करं सर्वतोमुखम् ॥
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | 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) |
| vocative | पाथः (pā́thaḥ) | पाथसी (pā́thasī) | पाथांसि (pā́thāṃsi) |
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