[pā-ḍati] 1 A master, lord; as in gṛhapatiḥ.

2 An owner, posses- sor, proprietor; kṣetrapatiḥ.

3 Gover- nor, ruler, one who presides over; oṣadhīpatiḥ, vanaspatiḥ, kulapatiḥ &c.

4 A husband; pramadāḥ pativartmagā iti pratipannaṃ hi vicetanairapi Ku. 4. 33.

5 A root.

6 Going, motion, flight. f. A female possessor, a mistress. [Page0661-c+ 56] Comp. ghatinī ghnī 1. a woman who murders her husband....