As a deity name
Name 544 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 590 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 409 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 867 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
पशुपति · noun · masculine
पशुओं का स्वामी · जीवों का ईश्वर या मालिक · शिव । महादेव — Śabdasāgara
पशुपति · masculine
an epithet of Lord Shiva
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“From पशु (paśu, “animal”) + पति (pati, “lord”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘lord of animals’ (or ‘l˚ of a servant named Paśu’ or ‘l˚ of the soul’, ), N. of the later Rudra-Śiva or of a similar deity (often associated in the Veda with Bhava, Śarva, Ugra, R…
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Dictionary citations
paśu—pati m. ‘lord of animals’ (or ‘l˚ of a servant named Paśu’ or ‘l˚ of the soul’, RTL. 89), N. of the later Rudra-Śiva or of a similar deity (often associated in the Veda with Bhava, Śarva, Ugra, Rudra, Mahā-deva, Īśāna and others who together with Bhīma are in later times regarded as manifestations of Rudra), AV. &c. &c.
of Agni.; TS.; ŚBr.
of Śiva, MBh. &c. (according to one legend every deity acknowledged himself to be a mere paśu or animal when entreating Śiva to destroy the Asura Tri-pura)
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of a Scholiast &c.
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