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
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
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As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Nom. Ā. ˚yate, to become a rope
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pāśāya" is the dative of "pāśa" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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
Related forms
Dictionary citations
pāśāya Nom. Ā. ˚yate, to become a rope, Kāv.
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
pā f. guarding, protecting, L.
pā f. = pūta and pūritaka.
Alternative readings
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