महा—पथ f. m. a principal road, high street (in a city), high road, highway (
ifc. f(आ). ),
[AitBr.] ;
[Gaut.] ;
[Āpast.] &c.
N. of
शिव,
[MBh.] °थं√ या the long journey, the passage into the next world (, to die),
[Kathās.] the
gr° pilgrimage (to the shrine of
शिव on mount
केदार, or the same
pilg° performed in spirit
i.e. by deep absorption into
Ś° ),
[Cat.] the knowledge of the essence of
शिव acquired in this
pilg° ,
[Cat.] the mountain-precipices from which devotees throw themselves to obtain a speedier entrance into
शिव's heaven,
ib.N. of the book which treats of the above subjects
of a hell,
[Yājñ.] महा—पथ n. n. =
ब्रह्म-रन्ध्र (
q.v. ),
[Cat.] महा—पथ mfn. mf(आ)n. having a great path or way,
[PārGṛ.]