As a Hindi name
पाठ · noun · masculine
पढने की क्रिया या भाव । पढा़ई · किसी पुस्तक विशेषतः धर्मपुस्तक को नियमपूर्वक पढ़ने की क्रिया या भाव । जैसे, वेदपाठ, स्तोत्रपाठ · बह्ययज्ञ । वेदाध्ययन । वेदपाठ — Śabdasāgara
पाठ · noun · feminine
जवान गाय, भैंस या बकरी — Śabdasāgara
पाठ · pāṭh · s.m.
Reading, perusal, study, recital (esp. sacred study); text of reading; lecture; lesson, task — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 215
पाठ · masculine
learning, reading; memorization; lesson
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पाठ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit पाठ (pāṭha).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pāṭha m. (√ paṭh) recitation, recital, Kāv.
reading, perusal, study (esp. of sacred texts), Śikṣ. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
reading, perusal, study (esp. of sacred texts), &c.
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M1 · same meaning "pāṭha" is the vocative of "pāṭhā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
pāṭha 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.
pāṭhā f. Clypea Hernandifolia, L.
Alternative readings
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