The Sanskrit term Pāṭhaśālā can be transliterated into English as Pathasala or Pathashala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Pathshala.

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In Hinduism

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: Pure Bhakti: Jaiva-dharma

Pāṭhaśālā (पाठशाला) literally means a school in which four subjects (pāṭha) are taught. These four subjects refer to the study of the four Vedas or the four subjects—Sanskrit grammar, rhetoric, logic, and philosophy.

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pāṭhaśālā (पाठशाला).—f (S) A college, academy, school.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

pāṭhaśālā (पाठशाला).—f A college, or school.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pāṭhaśālā (पाठशाला).—a school, college, seminary.

Pāṭhaśālā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pāṭha and śālā (शाला).

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

Pāṭhaśālā (पाठशाला).—f.

(-lā) A college, a school. E. pāṭha study, śālā a hall.

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

Pāṭhaśālā (पाठशाला):—[pāṭha-śālā] (lā) 1. f. College, school.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pathashala in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pāṭhaśālā (पाठशाला) [Also spelled pathshala]:—(nf) a school; ~[līya] pertaining to the school.

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Partial matches: Shala, Patha, Cala, Pata, Patta.

Ends with: Bhasha-pathashala, Ratripathashala, Sresta-pathashala.

Full-text (+1): Shala, Sresta-pathashala, Patacalakam, Pathshala, Madhyamik, Madhyamaka, Ratri, Praudhamanoramatika, Brahmasthali, Samasacakra, Kavikalpadruma, Manorama, Praudhamanorama, Abhinavabhashya, Shandilyasutra, Sadananda, Bhaktimimamsasutra, Bhaktisutra, Brihacchabdaratna, Mathuranatha.

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