As a Hindi name
पाथना
to press out cakes of dung (उपला (uplā))
Śabdasāgara also records: अग्नि · जल
Platts (p. 214) also records: Water ( = jal)
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
fire
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Dictionary citations
pātha m. = patha, g. jvalādi
fire, L.
the sun, L.
pātha n. water, L.
N. of 2 Sāmans, ĀrṣBr.
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