vīthi : [f.] a street; a track.

Vīthi (f.) [cp. Epic Sk. vīthi, to Idg. *ṷei̯ā -- to aim at, as in Lat. via way, Sk. veti to pursue; Lat. venor to hunt; Gr. ei)/sato he went] 1. street, way, road, path, track A v.347, 350 sq.; Vv 836; J i.158 (garden path); v.350 (dve vīthiyo gahetvā tiṭṭhati, of a house); vi.276 (v. and raccha); DhA i.14; VvA 31; PvA 54. -- antaravīthiyaŋ (loc.) in the middle of the road J i.373; PvA 96. -- ˚sabhāga share of road J i.422; -- ˚singhāṭaka crossroad DhA iv.4. -- Of the path of the stars and heavenly bodies J i.23; VvA 326. -- Various streets (roads, paths) are named either after the professions carried on in them, e. g. dantakāra˚ street of ivory -- workers J i.320; pesakāra˚ weaver st. DhA i.424; bhatakāra˚ soldier st. DhA i.233; -- or after the main kind of traffic frequenting these, e. g. nāga˚ elephant road VvA 316; miga˚ animal rd. J i.372; -- or after special occasions (like distinguished people passing by this or that road), e. g. buddha˚ the road of the Buddha DhA ii.80; rāja˚ King st. ThA 52; Mhvs 20, 38. -- 2. (t.t. in psychology) course, process (of judgment, senseperception or cognition, cp. Cpd. 25, 124, 241 (vinicchaya˚), 266. -- Vism 187 (kammaṭṭhāna˚); KhA 102 (viññāṇa˚). -- ˚citta process of cognition (lit. processed cognition) Vism 22; DhsA 269.