patiH [ pA-qati ] 1 A master, lord; as in gfhapatiH . 2 An owner, possessor, proprietor; kzetrapatiH . 3 Governor, ruler, one who presides over; ozaDIpatiH, vanaspatiH, kulapatiH &c. 4 A husband; pramadAH pativartmagA iti pratipannaM hi vicetanErapi Ku. 4. 33. 5 A root. 6 Going, motion, flight. — f. A female possessor, a mistress. ( pb ) Comp. — GatinI -GnI 1 a woman who murders her husband. 2 a line on the hand showing that a woman will be faithless to her husband. — devatA, -devA one who regards her husband as a divinity, a woman loyally devoted to her husband, a chaste woman; kaH patidevatAmanyaH parimArzwumutsahate Ś. 6 ; tamalaBaMta patiM patidevatAH SiKariRAmiva sAgaramApagAH R. 9. 17 ; Duri sTitA tvaM patidevatAmAM 14. 74. — DarmaH duty (of a wife) towards a husband. — prARA a chaste wife. — laMGanaM disregarding a former husband by marrying another. — vedanaH N. of Śiva. — (naM) procuring a husband (by magical means). — lokaH the world of husbands in a future life. — vratA a devoted, faithful and loyal wife, a chaste and virtuous wife; °tvaM fidelity to a husband. — sevA devotion to a husband.