Patha [of path, Ved. pathi with the 3 bases pathi, path˚ and panth˚, of which only the last two have formed independent nouns, viz. patha and pantha (q. v.)] 1. path, road, way D i.63; Sn 176 (loc. pathe), 385, 540, 868; Nd2 485 B (+pantha, in expln of magga); J i.308 (loc. pathe); ii.39; vi.525 (abl. pathā); Th 1, 64; Pug 22, 57; Mhvs 21, 24 (pathe); 36, 93 (loc. pathi, see Geiger, Gr. § 89); Sdhp 241. -- 2. Very frequent as -- ˚, where it is sometimes pleonastic, and acts in the function of an abstract formation in ˚tā or ˚ttaŋ (cp. similar use of anta: see anta1 5; and pada: see pada 3), e. g. anila˚ (air) J iv.119; anupariyāya˚ Aiv.107; ādicca˚ (path of the sun, sky) DhA iii.177; ummagga˚ S i.193; kamma˚ DhA i.36; gaṇana˚ (range of) calculation Miln 20; cakkhu˚ J iv.403 (=cakkhūnaŋ etaŋ nāmaŋ C.); catummahā˚ A iii.28, 42, 394; dve˚ Vv 5317; nakkhatta˚ Dh 208; yañña˚ (=yañña) Nd2 524; yogga˚ A iii.122; rajā˚ S ii.219; rāga˚ (sensuality) S iv.70; vacana˚ (way of saying, speech) Vv 6317 (=vacana VvA 262), etc. See also cakkhu˚, ñeyya˚, dveḷhā˚, manussa˚, yañña˚, vāda˚, sagga˚, hattha˚; der. pātheyya. -- See also byappatha. -- apatha where there is no way or road, wrong way J ii.287; ThA 255; VvA 337.
-- addhan "the journey or stretch of the path": see under addhan. -- addhi (?) so perhaps to be read for patatthi, according to Fausböll J vi.276. Unclear in meaning, expld by nibbiddha vīthi (frequented road?) -- gamana "going on their course," of the stars D i.10 (see Dial. i.20 "their usual course").
