# पाथस्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পাথস্ (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬵᬣᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
* পাথস্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰯𑰞𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀸𑀣𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ပါထသ် (Burmese script)
* પાથસ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਪਾਥਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌾𑌥𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦴꦡꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂰𑂟𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಾಥಸ್ (Kannada script)
* បាថស៑ (Khmer script)
* ປາຖສ຺ (Lao script)
* പാഥസ് (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘰𑘞𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᢗᠲᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧑𑦾𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐵𑐠𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
* ପାଥସ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢵꢢꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆳𑆡𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖯𑖞𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
* පාථස් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩛𑩬𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚭𑚚𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
* பாத²ஸ் (Tamil script)
* పాథస్ (Telugu script)
* ปาถสฺ (Thai script)
* པཱ་ཐ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒰𑒟𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨊𑨚𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɑ́ː.tʰɐs/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpɑː.t̪ʰɐs̪/

### Noun

पाथस् • (pā́thas) stem, n
* spot, place
    Synonym: स्थान (sthāna)
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.154.5.1:तदस्य प्रियमभि पाथो अश्यां नरो यत्र देवयवो मदन्ति ।tadasya priyamabhi pātho aśyāṃ naro yatra devayavo madanti.May I attain to that his well-loved place where men devoted to the Devas are happy.
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.8.9.2:उन्नीयमानाः कविभिः पुरस्ताद्देवा देवानामपि यन्ति पाथः ॥unnīyamānāḥ kavibhiḥ purastāddevā devānāmapi yanti pāthaḥ.They, lifted up on high, by sages, eastward, go forth as Devas to the Devas' place.
* food (especially as an offering)
    Synonyms: भोजन (bhojana), भुक्ति (bhukti), आश (āśa), खान (khāna), नमस् (namas), आहार (āhāra), इडा (iḍā); see also Thesaurus:खान
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.110.10.1:उपावसृज त्मन्या समञ्जन्देवानां पाथ ऋतुथा हवींषि ।upāvasṛja tmanyā samañjandevānāṃ pātha ṛtuthā havīṃṣi.Send to our offering which thyself thou balmest the Companies of Devas in ordered season.
* (Classical Sanskrit) water
    Synonyms: जल (jala), पानीय (pānīya), उदक (udaka), तोय (toya), अम्भस् (ambhas), उदन् (udan), अम्बु (ambu), वारि (vāri), सलिल (salila); see also Thesaurus:जल
** Gaṅgālaharī :हरन्तां संतापं कमपि मरुदुल्लासलहरीछटाश्चञ्चत्पाथः कणसरणयो दिव्यसरितः ॥harantāṃ saṃtāpaṃ kamapi marudullāsalaharīchaṭāścañcatpāthaḥ kaṇasaraṇayo divyasaritaḥ.
** c. 400 CE – 700 CE, Amarasiṃha, Amarakośa 1.262.2:कबन्धमुदकं पाथः पुष्करं सर्वतोमुखम् ॥kabandhamudakaṃ pāthaḥ puṣkaraṃ sarvatomukham.kabandha, udaka, pāthas, puṣkara, sarvatomukha [Sanskrit words for water]

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “पाथस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 617, column 1.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pāthas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पाथस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1006
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पाथस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 160