panTa · masculine
path
pantha ( m. ; = Pali id. ; Skt. panthan with altered stem-final), ( 1 ) way : acc. pantham, Mv i.363.16 (prose, v.l. pathaṃ); vss , ii.199.1, 3 ; iii.82.17 ; abl. panthāto iii.74.17 (prose); 82.12 ( vs ); instr. panthena iii.74.19 (prose); ( 2 ) n. of a disciple of Buddha, = Pali (Mahā-)Panthaka: so read for text Patka (!) in Sukh 2.10 , where the only mss. read Paccha or Pattha, both based on Pantha, as the note observes; see also Culla-P° , and (Cūḍa-)Panthaka .
a path; road
Pantha [base panthan°, Vedic panthāḥ, with bases path° panth° and pathi. Same as patha (q.v.). For etymology cf. Greek πόντος sea(-path), πάτος path, Avesta pantā°, also Gothic finpan = English find, of Idg °pent to come or go (by)] a road, roadway, path S I 18 (genitive plural panthānaṃ = kantāramagga commentary; "jungle road" translation); Snp 121 (locative panthasmiṃ); Nidd II §485 B (+ patha in explanation of magga), Miln 157 (see panthaṃ) -gū a traveller (literal going by road) S I 212 (v.l. addhagū, as at the same passage Thig 55); Ja III 95 (v.l.); -ghāta highway robbery Ja I 253; IV 184; -duhana waylaying, robbery; masculine a robber D I 135 (see Sv I 296); Ja II 281, 388; D III 68, and Tikap 280 (°dūhana); -dūbhin a highwayman Ja II 327; -dūsaka a robber Miln 20; -devatā a way spirit, a spirit presiding over a road, road-goddess Ja 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 Ja VI 527 (vv.ll. pattha° and bandha°).
【陽】 道; 路. ~ka, ~thika, 【陽】 行路之人; 旅客. ~ghāta, 【陽】~dūhana, 【中】 攔截; 搶劫. ~ghātaka, 【陽】 攔路匪徒.
(masc, masc) road; path; way path, road Construction: √panth + a