m. (√ paṭh) recitation, recital, [Kāv.]
reading, perusal, study (esp. of sacred texts), [Śikṣ.] &c.
a partic. method of reciting the text of the Veda (of which there are 5, viz. Saṃhitā, Pada, Krama, Jaṭā and Ghana, [RTL. 409])
the text of a book, [ŚrS.]; [MBh.]
the reading (of a text), [Naiṣ.], Sch.
= dhātu-pāṭha, [Vop.]