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पथिकृत् (pathikRt)

 
Capeller Eng
English
पथिकृ॑त्
a.
 preparing a path.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
पथि—कृ॑त्
mfn.
 making a way or road, preparing a w°,
RV.
AV.
ŚBr.
ŚrS.
पथि—कृ॑त्
m.
N.
 of Agni,
TS.
Macdonell
English
पथिकृत् pathi-kṛ́t,
a.
 preparing the way
🞄-mat,
a.
 containing the word ‘páth
’ -rākṣi,
a.
 guarding the paths.
वैजयन्तीकोषः
Sanskrit
Word: पथिकृत्
Root: पथिकृत्
Gender: पुं
Number: all
अर्थः ⇒ वर्त्महोमः (अश्वमेधाश्वपथहोमाग्निः)
Meaning(s):
⇒ Sacrificial fire along the track of the Aṣvamēdha horse
Shloka(s):
1|2|25|2 ► पृथिकृद्वर्त्महोमेषु पदहोमेष्वनीकवाण॥ (स्वर्गकाण्डः/लोकपालाध्यायः)
Synonym(s):
➠ 1|2|25|2 ⇢ पथिकृत् (पथिकृत्) (पुं) ⇒ Sacrificial fire along the track of the Aṣvamēdha horse ⇒ वर्त्महोमः (अश्वमेधाश्वपथहोमाग्निः)
Related word(s):
परा_अपरासंबन्धः ➡ यज्ञाग्निः
जातिः ➡ इन्धनजम्
Mahabharata
English
Pathikṛt, name of a fire. § 493 (Āṅgirasa): III, 221, 14206. Paṭhyase śrutibhiś caiva vedopanishadāṃ gaṇaiḥ = Śiva (1000 names^1).
Vedic Reference
English
Pathi-kṛt, ‘path-maker, ’ is not a rare epithet in the Rigveda^1
and later, ^2 showing clearly the importance naturally attached
in primitive times to the finding of roads. The frequency
with which the epithet is applied to Agni^3 suggests that there
is here an allusion to fire burning the primæval forest and
rendering advance possible. The god Pūṣan is pathi-kṛt, as
guarding the flocks.^4 The Ṛṣis, ^5 or seers, as ‘path-makers, ’
may be compared with the Roman Pontifices.
1) ii. 23, 6
vi. 21, 12
ix. 106, 5
x. 14, 15
111, 3, etc.
2) Av. xviii. 2, 53
3, 25, etc.
3) Taittirīya Saṃhitā, ii. 2, 1, 1
Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, xi. 1, 5, 5
xii.
4, 4, 1
Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa, iv. 3,
etc.
4) Sāṅkhāyana Srauta Sūtra, iii. 4, 9
xvi. 1, 17. The Sūtra, xvi. 1, 18, ex-
plains pathi-kṛt merely as adhipati,
‘lord’
but the sense must be more
pregnant than that.
5) Rv. x. 14, 15, where the expression
refers to their finding the way to the
heavenly world
but it is probably a
transfer of an epithet of terrestrial
application.
Capeller
German
पथिकृ॑त् den Weg machenden o. bahnend.
Grassman
German
pathi-kṛ́t, a., Weg bereitend, Bahn machend [kṛ́t von kṛ].
-ṛ́t gopā́s {214, 6}
puraetā́ {462, 12}
sahásrayāmā (sómas) {818, 5}
índras {937, 3} (sū́riāya).
-ṛ́dbhias ṛ́ṣibhyas {840, 15}.