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path

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"

path noun
  • a road or way, esp a narrow trodden track
  • a surfaced walk, as through a garden
  • the course or direction in which something moves
  • a way of life, conduct, or thought
  • a: the continuous series of positions or configurations that can be assumed in any motion or process of change by a moving or varying system
    b: a sequence of arcs in a network that can be traced continuously without retracing any arc

"On his walk home, as if the path itself was his aethrul 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."

"Originals"
(Speed Well Dialogues)
by Sabina Nore


For Comparison

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."

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Legend

~☉~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
Originals - Speed Well Dialogues

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