Pathita, Paṭhita, Pāṭhita: 11 definitions

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Pathita means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Pathit.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Paṭhita (पठित) refers to “recitation”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rainmaking, weather control and prescriptions for the use of specially empowered pesticides to eliminate crop damage.—The Vajratuṇḍa-samayakalparāja consists of six chapters, e.g., (5) sarvagaruḍahṛdayapaṭhitasiddhaparamasiddhavajratuṇḍā nāma dhāraṇī—“The Vajra Beak Dhāraṇī, the Heart of all Garuḍas, Effective upon Recitation, the Most Effective One”.

Mahayana book cover
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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

paṭhita : (pp. of paṭhati) read; recited.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

paṭhita (पठित).—p S Read, perused, recited, rehearsed.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Paṭhita (पठित).—p. p.

1) Recited, repeated.

2) Studied, perused; प्रस्मृतः किमथवा पठितोऽपि (prasmṛtaḥ kimathavā paṭhito'pi) N.5.121.

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Pāṭhita (पाठित).—p. p. Taught, instructed; पाठितोऽपि खलु विस्मृत एव (pāṭhito'pi khalu vismṛta eva) N.5.121.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Paṭhita (पठित).—(nt.; not recorded as noun, only as ppp.), reading, in a list of arts: °te Lalitavistara 156.15 = Tibetan yi ge bklags paḥi mig ḥor, a curiously awkward paraphrase, which seems to mean fixing the eyes for reading letters (?); at least bklags = reading.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pāṭhita (पाठित).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Instructed, taught, lectured. E. paṭh to read. causal v., kta aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Paṭhita (पठित):—[from paṭh] mfn. recited, read, studied, mentioned, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature; Suśruta etc.]

2) Pāṭhita (पाठित):—[from pāṭha] mfn. ([from] [Causal]) caused or taught to read, instructed, taught, lectured, [Cāṇakya; Pañcatantra]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Paṭhita (पठित):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) p.] Read, recited.

2) Pāṭhita (पाठित):—[(taḥ-tā-taṃ) p.] Taught.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pāṭhita (पाठित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Paḍhāvia, Paḍhia, Pāḍhāvia, Pāḍhia.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Paṭhita (पठित) [Also spelled pathit]:—(a) read, studied; scholarly.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Paṭhita (ಪಠಿತ):—[adjective] that is read.

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Paṭhita (ಪಠಿತ):—

1) [noun] that which is read.

2) [noun] that which is recited.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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