As a deity name
Name 758 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 302 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
पशु · noun · masculine
लांगूलविशिष्ट चतुष्पद जंतु । चार पैरों से चलनेवाला कोई जंतु जिसके शरीर का भार खड़े होने पर पैरों पर रहता हो । रेंगनेवाले, उड़नेवाले, जल में रहनेवाले जीवों तथा मनुष्यों को छोड़ कोई जानवर । जैसे, कुत्ता, बिल्ली, घोड़ा, ऊँट, बैल, हाथी, हिरन, गीदड़, लोमड़ी, बंदर इत्यादि · जीवमात्र । प्राणी · देवता — Śabdasāgara
पशु · masculine
domesticated animal; cattle
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पशु — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit पशु (paśu). Doublet of पस (pas).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. paśu ind. see, behold! L.
2. paśu or paśu, m. (instr. paśunā or ˚śva; dat. paśve or paśave; gen. paśvas or ˚śos; du. paśvā; acc. pl. paśvas or ˚śūn) cattle, kine (orig. ‘any tethered animal’; singly or collect. ‘a herd’), a domestic or sacrificial animal (as opp. to mṛga, ‘wild animal’; 5 kinds are enumerated, ‘men, kine, horses, goats and sheep’ [AV. xi, 2, 9 &c.], to which are sometimes added mules and asses [MBh. vi, 155 &c.] or camels and dogs [AV. iii, 10, 6 Comm.]), RV. &c. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a subordinate deity and one of Śiva's followers
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Dictionary citations
1. paśu ind. see, behold! L.
2. paśu or paśu, m. (instr. paśunā or ˚śva; dat. paśve or paśave; gen. paśvas or ˚śos; du. paśvā; acc. pl. paśvas or ˚śūn) cattle, kine (orig. ‘any tethered animal’; singly or collect. ‘a herd’), a domestic or sacrificial animal (as opp. to mṛga, ‘wild animal’; 5 kinds are enumerated, ‘men, kine, horses, goats and sheep’ [AV. xi, 2, 9 &c.], to which are sometimes added mules and asses [MBh. vi, 155 &c.] or camels and dogs [AV. iii, 10, 6 Comm.]), RV. &c. &c.
any animal or brute or beast (also applied contemptuously to a man; cf. nara-p˚ and nṛ-p˚)
a mere animal in sacred things i.e. an uninitiated person, Cat.
an animal sacrifice, AitĀr.; BhP.
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