Ghantapatha, Ghamtapatha, Ghanta-patha, Ghaṇṭāpatha: 10 definitions
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Marathi-English dictionary
ghaṇṭāpatha (घंटापथ).—m (S ghaṇṭā Bell, patha Road. Where bullocks with bells are ever passing and repassing.) A high road.
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
Ghaṇṭāpatha (घण्टापथ).—
1) the chief road through a village, a highway, main road; (daśadhanvantaro rājamārgo ghaṇṭāpathaḥ smṛtaḥ Kauṭilya).
2) Name of Mallinātha's commentary on the Kirātārjunīyam; कर्तुं प्रवेशमिह भारविकाव्यमध्ये घण्टापथं कमपि नूतन- मातनिष्ये (kartuṃ praveśamiha bhāravikāvyamadhye ghaṇṭāpathaṃ kamapi nūtana- mātaniṣye) Malli.
Derivable forms: ghaṇṭāpathaḥ (घण्टापथः).
Ghaṇṭāpatha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ghaṇṭā and patha (पथ).
Ghaṇṭāpatha (घण्टापथ).—m.
(-thaḥ) The chief road through a village, a highway. E. ghaṇṭā a bell, and pathi a road, affix ac; the bell-road, or that by which elephants, &c. decorated with tinkling ornaments, proceed.
Ghaṇṭāpatha (घण्टापथ).—[masculine] chief road, high way; T. of a commentary.
Ghaṇṭāpatha (घण्टापथ) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Mallinātha’s
—[commentary] on the Kirātārjunīya.
1) Ghaṇṭāpatha (घण्टापथ):—[=ghaṇṭā-patha] [from ghaṇṭā > ghaṇṭa] m. ‘bell-road’, the chief road through a village highway, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] Name of Malli-nātha’s [commentator or commentary] on [Kirātārjunīya]
Ghaṇṭāpatha (घण्टापथ):—[ghaṇṭā-patha] (thaḥ) 1. m. The chief road through a village, a highway.
Ghaṇṭāpatha (घण्टापथ):—(gha + patha) m. Hauptstrasse (auf der man Glockentöne hört) [Amarakoṣa 2, 1, 19. 3, 4, 58.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 987.] Titel des Commentars zum [KIRĀTĀRJUNĪYA.]
Ghaṇṭāpatha (घण्टापथ):—m. —
1) Hauptstrasse. —
2) Titel eines Commentars zum Kirātājunīya.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Ghaṃṭāpatha (ಘಂಟಾಪಥ):—[noun] (in erstwhile days) a highway mainly used for the movement of elephants, chariots, etc.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Ghanta, Pata, Patta.
Starts with (+0): Ghantapathatva.
Full-text (+0): Ghantapathatva, Kolacala mallinatha, Marga, Kiratarjuniya.
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