As a deity name
Name 176 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
पाश · pās · s.m.
Noose, &c. = pās, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 218
पाश · masculine
noose; net, snare, clutches
पाश
scattered, broken into pieces
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पाश — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पाश (pā́śa). Doublet of फाँस (phā̃s).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pāśa m. (once n. ifc. f(ā). ; fr. √ 3. paś) a snare, trap, noose, tie, bond, cord, chain, fetter (lit. and fig.), RV. &c. &c.
(esp.) the noose as attribute of Śiva or Yama, RTL. 81; 290
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian پاشیدن (pāšīdan).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(ifc. it expresses either contempt, e.g. chattra-p˚, ‘a shabby umbrella’, or admiration, e.g. karṇa-p˚, ‘a beautiful ear’; after a word signifying, ‘hair’ abundance, quantity, e.g.…
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M3 · meaning shifts "pāśa" is derived from "pā" with the śas suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
pā f. guarding, protecting, L.
pā f. = pūta and pūritaka.
pāśa m. (once n. ifc. f(ā). ; fr. √ 3. paś) a snare, trap, noose, tie, bond, cord, chain, fetter (lit. and fig.), RV. &c. &c.
(esp.) the noose as attribute of Śiva or Yama, RTL. 81; 290
Dictionary citations
pāśa m. (once n. ifc. f(ā). ; fr. √ 3. paś) a snare, trap, noose, tie, bond, cord, chain, fetter (lit. and fig.), RV. &c. &c.
(esp.) the noose as attribute of Śiva or Yama, RTL. 81; 290
(with Jainas) anything that binds or fetters the soul i.e. the outer world, nature, Sarvad. (cf. also, RTL. 89)
selvage, edge, border (of anything woven), ŚrGṛS.
a die, dice, MBh.
pā f. guarding, protecting, L.
pā f. = pūta and pūritaka.
Alternative readings
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