jata-patha
जटापाठ jaṭāpāṭhaThe 'woven' recitation, in which each pair of Vedic words is repeated forward and backward in a fixed braid, a memory-discipline that locked the word order.
Where this term appears
- Keeping the Sound Treatise
In the jata-patha , the braided recitation, each pair is woven forward and backward and forward again.
- The Machine Made of Memory Treatise
The woven forms: jata-patha and ghana-patha Now the system gets baroque, and the reasons are practical.