Word: 'path' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'path' • Extended Annotations
Sanskrit Pathin (पथिन्) refers to “(pure) path” (of liberation)
[11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga]
Patha is a synonym
Pathin (पथिन्) also refers to "pathways" (in the forest) [Rāmāyaṇa chapter 2.28]
Pāṭhin (पाठिन्): "one who is learned" [Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 2], from Paṭhi (पठि).—f. "reading, studying, perusal"
Old English paþ, pæþ "narrow passageway or route across land, a track worn by the feet of people or animals treading it"
A pure, unadulterated word
"On his walk home, as if the path itself was his genius and his feet the harbingers of spirit, every step down the hill translated his newly gained insights into a larger understanding of what he just witnessed. By the time he reached his house, his entire being was satiated with sense."
"Weird Genius"
Road was originally a "riding expedition, journey, or hostile incursion," while route comes from Latin rupta (via), meaning "(a road) opened by force," broken or cut through a forest, etc.," from Latin rumpere "break, destroy, interrupt."
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |
