As a deity name
Name 24 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
पाना · masculine
spanner, wrench
पाना
to get, receive; to obtain; to win, attain, achieve; to find, come upon, meet
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit प्रापयति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Indo-Iranian *pra- Sanskrit प्र- (pra-) Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- Sanskrit आप् (āp) Proto-Indo-E…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
having a net or noose, laying snares
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
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Dictionary citations
pāśin mfn. having a net or noose, laying snares
pāśin m. a bird-catcher, trapper, Āpast.
N. of Varuṇa, MBh.; Hariv.
of Yama, RTL. 290
of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, MBh.
Alternative readings
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