Image title: Sherpa wooden vessel

Pathi (पाथी) refers to a “wooden vessel for measuring grain”. It is a Nepali word which can also be transliterated as Pāthī.

The text in Devanagari reads:

पाथी - अन्न नाप्न प्रयोग गर्ने काठको भांडो

Transliteration (IAST):

pāthī - anna nāpna prayoga garne kāṭhako bhāṃḍo/bhāṇḍo.

Plain text (initially IAST, brackets indicate Hunterian):

pathi - anna napna ... [prayog] ... kathako bhamdo/bhando.

Gallery information:

The Sherpa people refers to one of the indigenous ethnic group from Nepal (the Himalayan regions) who migrated out of Tibet as early as the 13th century. Their religion is Tibetan Buddhism (particularly Nyingma) and they worship mountains as Gods pr protector deities. Sherpas speak Sino-Tibetan which represents a dialect of Tibetan.