(-˚) reciter; one who knows, expert Mnd.382 (nakkhatta˚); Ja.i.455 (asi-lakkhaṇa˚); Ja.ii.21 (angavijjā˚), Ja.ii.250 (id.); Ja.v.211 (lakkhaṇa˚ fortune-teller wise man).

fr. pāṭha

A resident of Uttarāpatha. Vin.iii.6

(from dakkhiṇāpatha) belonging to the southern region; from the Deccan.

sitting within the view (of men), in public.

sitting within the view (of men), in public.

…body Ja.ii.200; Ja.v.284; ˚pāṭhaka one who in versed in palmistry etc. Ja.ii.21, Ja.ii.250; Ja.v.458.

• -vekalla bodily…

…DN-a.i.157 by acchidda-pāṭhaka); also with muddika and sankhāyika SN.iv.376; as an office at the king’s court (together with amaccā as…

…cp. Winternitz, Gesch. d. Ind. Lit. iii.569 sq.) + pāṭhaka, i.e. expert

…wise man Ja.i.56.

• -pāṭhaka an expert in (interpreting) signs, fortune-teller Ja.i.455; Ja.ii.194; Ja.v.211 *…

…Vin.ii.217

• -pāṭhaka an astrologer, soothsayer, augur Mnd.382
• -pīḷana the…

…Kp-a.175; Snp-a.80.

• -pāṭhaka a dream-teller astrologer Mnd.381.
• -sattha science of…

noise, sound (of animals), cry Snp.927; explained as “virudaṃ [spelling with d, like ruda for ruta] vuccati-miga-cakkaṃ; miga-cakka-pāthakā [i.e. experts in the ways of animals; knowers of auspice …

in ˚jjhāyin Cnd.342#2 is read āpādaka˚; at Mnd.226, and āpātaka˚ at Vism.26.

adjective belonging to the (perceptual) sphere of, visible, in -nisādin lying down visible DN.iii.44, DN.iii.47. Cp. āpathaka.

fr. āpātha