As a Hindi name
पाठिक · adj
मूल पाठ के समान । मूल पाठ से मिलता जुलता हुआ — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
conformable to the text
Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pāṭhika" is the vocative of "pāṭhikā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
pāṭhika mfn. conformable to the text, Dāyabh.
(˚kāyana m. a patr. [also pl.] Saṃskārak.)
pāṭhika a. Conformable to the text.
pāṭhikā f. Clypea Hernandifolia, L.
Caveats
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