pati

lord, master, owner, leader.

1. in general DN.iii.93 (khettānaṃ p. gloss adhipati). Mostly-˚; see under gavam˚, gaha˚, dāna˚, yūtha˚, senā˚.
2. husband SN.i.210; Snp.314; Ja.iii.138; Pv-a.161. See also sapatika (with her husband), patibbatā & patika.

• -kula her husband’s clan Thag-a.283; Vv-a.206;
• -devatā a devoted wife Ja.iii.406; Vv-a.128.

Ved. pati, Av. paitis lord, husband; Gr. πόσις husband, Lat. potis, potens, possum, hos-pes; Goth brūp-faps bridegroom, hunda faps centurion, Lith. pāts husband

indeclinable directional prefix in well-defined meaning of “back (to), against towards, in opposition to, opposite.” As preposition (with acc. and usually postponed) towards, near by, at usually spelt pati (cp. sampati & sampaṭika) Snp.291 (?), Snp.425 (Nerañjaram (pati); Thag.628 (suriyass’ uggamanam p.); Thag.2, Thag.258 (abhiyobbanam p.), Thag.306 (Nerañjaram p.); Ja.i.457 (paṭi suriyaṃ thatvā standing facing the sun); Ja.iv.93; Ja.vi.491; Pv.ii.9#41 (suriy’ uggamanam p.); Mil.116 (dānam p.); Pv-a.154 (paṭi Gangaṃ against the G.)
■ Most freq. combinations are: paṭi + ā (patiyā˚) patisaṃ˚; vi + paṭi˚, sampaṭi˚. The composition (assimilation-) form before vowels is pacc˚; (b. v.)

Meanings

I. (lit.)

“back,” in the sense of:

1. against, in opposition (opp. anu, see below III.), contrary: viz
   1. often with the implication of a hostile attack (anti-against): ˚kaṇṭaka, ˚kosati (re-ject), ˚kūla, ˚khipati (re-fuse, op-pose), ˚gha, ˚codeti (re-prove), thambhati ˚disā, ˚deseti, ˚pakkha, ˚patha, ˚piṃsati, ˚pīḷita, ˚magga ˚manteti, ˚yodha (at-tack), ˚vacana (re-ply), ˚vadati ˚vedeti, ˚sattu (enemy), ˚suṇāti, ˚hata
   2. warding off, protecting against (counter-, anti-): ˚kara (antidote), ˚sedhati (ward-off)
   3. putting against, setting off in a comparison (counter-, rival): ˚puggala (one’s equal), ˚purisa (rival), ˚bala (adequate), ˚bimba (counterpart), ˚bhāga (id.); ˚malla (rival wrestler) ˚sama, ˚sāsana, ˚sūra, ˚seṭṭha
   4. close contact (against, be-): ˚kujjita (covered), ˚gādha, ˚channa (“be-deckt”) ˚vijjhana
2. in return, in exchange (in revenge) ˚akkosati, ˚āneti, ˚katheti, ˚karoti, ˚kūṭa¹ ˚kkamati, ˚khamāpeti, ˚gāti (sing in response), ˚gīta ˚daṇḍa (retribution), ˚dadāti, ˚dāna, ˚nivāsana, ˚paṇṇa (in reply), ˚pasaṃsati, ˚piṇḍa, ˚pucchati (ask in return) ˚māreti (kill in revenge), ˚bhaṇḍa (goods in exchange) ˚bhaṇḍati (abuse in return) ˚rodana, ˚roseti, ˚vera (revenge), ˚sammodeti, ˚sātheyya
3. (temporal again, a second time (re-): ˚dasseti (re-appear), ˚nijjhatta, ˚nivattati, ˚pavesati, ˚pākatika (re-stored) ˚bujjhati, ˚vinicchinati, ˚sañjīvita (re-suscitated) ˚sandhi (re-incarnation), ˚sammajjati
4. away from back to (esp. in compound paṭivi˚): ˚kuṭati (shrink back) ˚ghāta (repulsion), ˚dhāvati, ˚neti, ˚paṇāmeti (send away), ˚bandhati (hold back), ˚bāhati (id.), ˚vijacchati ˚vineti, ˚vinodeti (drive out), ˚virata, ˚saṃharati, ˚sallīna, ˚sutta, ˚sumbhita

II. (applied, in reflexive sense):

1. to, on to, up to, towards, at-: ˚oloketi (look at), ˚gijjha (hankering after) ˚ggaha, ˚jānāti ˚pūjeti ˚peseti (send out to), ˚baddha (bound to), ˚bhaya ˚yatta, ˚rūpa, ˚laddha, ˚labhati (at-tain), ˚lābha, ˚lobheti, ˚sāmeti, ˚sevati (go after), ˚ssata.
2. together (con-, com-), esp. combined with -saṃ˚; ˚saṃyujati ˚passaddha, ˚maṇḍita, ˚sankharoti, ˚santhāra
3. asunder, apart (“up”): ˚kopeti (shake up), ˚viṃsa (part), ˚vibhatta (divided up). (4) secondary, complementary by-, sham (developed out of meaning I 1.c.): ˚nāsikā (a false nose), ˚sīsaka (sham top knot) esp. freq. in redupl. (iterative) compounds, like anga-paccanga (limb & by-limb, i.e. all kinds of limbs), vata-paṭivatta (duties & secondary duties, all duties). In the latter application paṭi resembles the use of ā, which is more frequent (see ā⁵)

III.

The oppo

to watch, keep watch, keep Ja.iii.95 (to keep the eyes open, C. ummisati; opp nimisati); Vism.16 (= rakkhati in def. of pāṭimokkha).

Vedic pāti of pā, cp. Gr. π ̈ωυ herd, ποιμήν shepherd, Lat. pāsco to tend sheep

feminine a bowl, vessel, dish Vin.i.157 (avakkāra˚), Vin.i.352 (id.); Vin.ii.216 (id.); MN.i.25 (kaṃsa˚), MN.i.207; SN.ii.233; AN.iv.393 (suvaṇṇa˚, rūpiya˚ kaṃsa˚); Ja.i.347, Ja.i.501; Ja.ii.90; Ja.v.377 (suvaṇṇa˚), Ja.vi.510 (kañcana˚); Vv-a.65; Pv-a.274.

the femin. of patta, which is Vedic pātra (nt.); to this the f. Ved. pātrī

feminine at Vv-a.321 in phrase sukka-pakkha-pāṭiyaṃ “in the moonlight half” is doubtful. Hardy in Index registers it as “part, half-,” but pakkha already means “half” and is enough by itself. We should probably read paṭipāṭiyaṃ “successively.” Note that the similar passage Vv-a.314 reads sukka-pakkhe pannarasiyaṃ Patuka & Patubha;

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