Pantha [base panthan˚, Ved. panthāḥ, with bases path˚ panth˚ and pathi. Same as patha (q. v.). For etym. cp. Gr. po/ntos sea( -- path), pa/tos path, Av. pantā˚, also Goth. finpan=E. find, of Idg *pent to come or go (by)] a road, roadway, path S i.18 (gen. pl. panthānaŋ= kantāramagga C; "jungle road" trsl.); Sn 121 (loc. panthasmiŋ); Nd2 485 B (+patha in expln of magga), Miln 157 (see panthaŋ)
   -- gū a traveller (lit. going by road) S i.212 (v. l. addhagū, as at id. p. Th 2, 55); J iii.95 (v. l.). -- ghāta highway robbery J i.253; iv.184. -- duhanawaylaying, robbery; m. a robber D i.135 (see DA i.296); J ii.281, 388; D iii.68, and Tikp 280 (˚dūhana). -- dūbhin a highwayman J ii.327. -- dūsaka a robber Miln 20. -- devatā a way spirit, a spirit presiding over a road, road -- goddess J vi.527. -- makkaṭaka a (road) spider Miln 364, 407. -- sakuṇa a "road -- bird," i. e. a bird offered (as a sacrifice) to the goddess presiding over the roads, propitiation; it is here to be understood as a human sacrifice J vi.527 (vv. ll. pattha˚ & bandha˚).