As a Hindi name
पाशक · noun · masculine
एक प्रकार का खेल या जआ । पासा । चौपड़ · पाश । फंदा । बंधन — Śabdasāgara
पाशक · pāśak · s.m.
Die ( = pāsā, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 218
पाशक · masculine
die, dice; fetter, noose, snare, bond
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पाशक — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit पाशक (pāśaka).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pāśaka m. a snare, trap, noose (ifc.; cf. kaṇṭha-, daṇḍa-)
a die, HPariś.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a snare, trap, noose (ifc.; cf. kaṇṭha-, daṇḍa-)
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M3 · meaning shifts "pāśaka" is derived from "pāśa" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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
pāśaka m. a snare, trap, noose (ifc.; cf. kaṇṭha-, daṇḍa-)
a die, HPariś.
Dictionary citations
pāśaka m. a snare, trap, noose (ifc.; cf. kaṇṭha-, daṇḍa-)
a die, HPariś.
pāśaka m. (-kaḥ) A dice, particularly the long sort used in playing Chaupai. E. paśa to bind, ṇvul aff.
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
Alternative readings
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