# पाठशाला (pāṭhaśālā)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pathashala

पाठशाला (pāṭhaśālā) is a Sanskrit word meaning a school or college, college, school.

- **Etymology:** E. पाठ study, शाला a hall — E. pāṭha study, śālā a hall
- **SLP1:** `pAWaSAlA`  **IAST:** pāṭhaśālā  **Devanagari:** पाठशाला
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathasala
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pathashala/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### School or College (4 definitions)
- A school or college.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पाठ (pāṭha) शाला (śālā) (pāṭhaśālā) [Printed book page 522 ] पाठ (pāṭha) शाला (śālā) (pāṭhaśālā) f. ( - री (-rī) ) A college, a school. E. पाठ (pāṭha) study, शाला (śālā) a hall. [ ID=24187 ]
- College, school  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पाठशाला (pāṭhaśālā) [Printed book page 467-b ] पाठ - शाला (pāṭha-śālā) ( ला ) ((lā)) 1. f. College, school. [ ID=23661 ]
- a school or college  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पाठशाला (pāṭhaśālā) [Printed book page 428-17 ] पाठ - शाला (pāṭha-śālā) f. a school, a college. [ ID=21894 ]
- A school or college.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > पाठ (pāṭha) शाला (śālā) (pāṭhaśālā) [Printed book page 439-b ] पाठ (pāṭha) शाला (śālā) (pāṭhaśālā) f. ( - ला (-lā) ) A college, a school. E. पाठ (pāṭha) study, शाला (śālā) a hall. [ ID=24242 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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