patha
पाठ pāṭhaA mode of Vedic recitation. The three natural modes are samhita (continuous), pada (word by word) and krama (overlapping pairs); the eight 'woven' modes (vikritis), including jata and ghana, recite the words in elaborate forward-and-backward permutations to guard the exact sequence.
Where this term appears
- How the Vedas Were Preserved History
…ting the same text in several different interlocking patterns, called pathas , "recitations" or "paths." You begin with the text as it is actually spoken, all its sounds flowing together and merging at the join…
- Anatomy of a Hindu Temple: Gopuram to Garbhagriha Temples
And around the chamber, in most temples, runs the pradakshina-patha , the circumambulatory path, so the pilgrim can walk the full clockwise circle around the deity, keeping the presence always to the right.
- What are the Vedas? Scriptures
Beyond the plain, flowing recitation ( samhita-patha ), reciters learned the text word by word ( pada-patha ), then in overlapping pairs ( krama-patha ), and then in a series of increasingly elaborate "woven" f…
- What is a Hindu Temple? Temples
Around the sanctum runs the pradakshina-patha , the circumambulation path.
- What is the Hanuman Chalisa? Worship
jo sata bara patha kara koi, chhutahi bandi maha sukha hoi — Whoever recites this a hundred times is freed from bondage and gains great joy.
- Against the Page Treatise
… and pronunciation. Reciters learned the text in layered forms called pathas .
- Keeping the Sound Treatise
The base form is the samhita-patha , the continuous recitation, in which the words run together with all their sound-changes applied, the way the verse actually sounds when spoken whole.
- Ten names in one breath Treatise
If certainty does not come from that, the next dose: dashopanishadam patha .