rathiyā

Rathikā & Rathiyā

feminine a carriage-road

  1. rathikā: Vin.ii.268; Vism.60; Pv-a.4, Pv-a.67
  2. rathiyā: DN.i.83; Vin.i.237, Vin.i.344; MN.ii.108; MN.iii.163; SN.i.201; SN.ii.128; SN.iv.344. In compound rathiya˚; e.g. rathiya-coḷa “street-rag” Vism.62 (explained as rathikāya chaḍḍita-coḷaka).

Vedic rathya belonging to the chariot, later Sk. rathyā road. See also racchā