m. (strong stem pánthan, older pánthā; middle pathí; weak path; sg. pánthās (nom. voc.), pánthānam [pánthām, [RV.]; [AV.]]; pathā́, °thé, °thás, °thí; du. pánthānau, pathíbhyām, pathós; pl. pánthānas [pánthās, °thāsas, [RV.]; patháyas, [Br.]]; pathás [pāthás, [RV. ii, 2, 4], perhaps gen. sg.?]; pathíbhis, °bhyas; pathā́m [°thīnā́m, [RV.]; [AV.]]; pathíṣu; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 85] &c.) a way, path, road, course (lit. and fig.; panthānaṃ-√ dā, with gen. to cede the way to; pathānena, ‘in this way or manner’, pathi ni-√ as See under ny-as), [RV.] &c. &c.
range, reach (cf. karṇa-, darśana- &c.)
sect, doctrine, [L.]
a division of hell, [Mn. iv, 90]
N. of a teacher with the patr. Saubhara, [BṛĀrUp.]
[cf. patha; Zd. panthan; Gk. πάτος; Lat. pont-em; Old Pruss. pintis; Slav. pątǐ]