[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.267 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.267 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.267 - **Language:** English ### [c7.267](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.267) GHAṆAPĀṬHA. A particular system of Vedic studies. There are four such systems. The system of separating each word from conjunctions and combinations and combining with the word just before and after it is called Jaṭāpāṭha. Jaṭāpāṭha means joined or combined Pāṭha. Ghaṇapāṭha is there to avoid errors in Jaṭāpāṭha. Ghaṇapāṭha consists of padapāṭha and Kramapāṭha. In Padapāṭha the split words are once more combined and Prātiśākhya lays down the rules to combine words. It is because of this scientific system of reciting that the Rgveda remains to this day pure in text without different readings. - [Previous: c7.266](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.266) - [Next: c7.268](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.268) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.267](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.267) · Pramāṇa