Patha
Patha,[of path,Ved.pathi with the 3 bases pathi,path° and panth°,of which only the last two have formed independent nouns,viz.patha and pantha (q.v.)] 1.path,road,way D.I,63; Sn.176 (Loc.pathe),385,540,868; Nd2 485 B (+pantha,in expln of magga); J.I,308 (Loc.pathe); II,39; VI,525 (Abl.pathā); Th.1,64; Pug.22,57; Mhvs 21,24 (pathe); 36,93 (Loc.pathi,see Geiger,Gr.§ 89); Sdhp.241.-- 2.Very frequent as --°,where it is sometimes pleonastic,and acts in the function of an abstract formation in °tā or °ttaṁ (cp.similar use of anta:see anta1 5; and pada:see pada 3),e.g.anila° (air) J.IV,119; anupariyāya° A.IV,107; ādicca° (path of the sun,sky) DhA.III,177; ummagga° S.I,193; kamma° DhA.I,36; gaṇana° (range of) calculation Miln.20; cakkhu° J.IV,403 (=cakkhūnaṁ etaṁ nāmaṁ C.); catummahā° A.III,28,42,394; dve° Vv 5317; nakkhatta° Dh.208; yañña° (=yañña) Nd2 524; yogga° A.III,122; rajā° S.II,219; rāga° (sensuality) S.IV,70; vacana° (way of saying,speech) Vv 6317 (=vacana VvA.262),etc.See also cakkhu°,ñeyya°,dveḷhā°,manussa°,yañña°,vāda°,sagga°,hattha°; der.pātheyya.-- See also byappatha.--apatha where there is no way or road,wrong way J.II,287; ThA.255; VvA.337.
--addhan “the journey or stretch of the path”:see under addhan.--addhi (?) so perhaps to be read for patatthi,according to Fausböll J.VI,276.Unclear in meaning,expld by nibbiddha vīthi (frequented road?) --gamana “going on their course,” of the stars D.I,10 (see Dial.I.20 “their usual course”).(Page 408)