pāśa पाश pā́śa m. (once n. ifc. f(A). ; 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] (with Jainas) anything that binds or fetters the soul i.e. the outer world, nature, [Sarvad.] (cf. also, [RTL. 89]) selvage, edge, border (of anything woven), [ŚrGṛS.] a die, dice, [MBh.] (in astrol.) a partic. constellation a partic. land-measure, [Inscr.] (ifc. it expresses either contempt, e.g. chattra-p°, ‘a shabby umbrella’, or admiration, e.g. karṇa-p°, ‘a beautiful ear’; after a word signifying, ‘hair’ abundance, quantity, e.g. keśa-p°, ‘a mass of hair’) pāśaka पाशक m. a snare, trap, noose (ifc.; cf. kaṇṭha-, daṇḍa-) a die, [HPariś.] pāśava पाशव mf(I)n. (fr. paśu) derived from or belonging to cattle or animals (with māṃsa n. animal food), [Kauś.]; [Vet.]; [Suśr.] n. a flock, herd, [W.] pāśaya पाशय Nom. P. °śayati, to bind, [Nir. iv, 2]; [Dhātup. xxxiii, 45.] pāśabhṛt पाशभृत् pāśa—bhṛt m. = -dhara, [Var.]; [Ragh.] pāśatva पाशत्व pāśa—tva n. the state or condition of the outer world or nature, [ib.] pāśavat पाशवत् pāśa—vat mfn. having or possessing a noose (as Varuṇa), [MBh.] pāśadhara पाशधर pāśa—dhara m. ‘holding a noose’, N. of Varuṇa, [Hariv.] pāśajāla पाशजाल pāśa—jāla n. the outer world conceived as a net (cf. above), [Sarvad.] pāśapāṇi पाशपाणि pāśa—pāṇi m. ‘noose in hand’ id., [ṢaḍvBr.] pāśabaddha पाशबद्ध pāśa—baddha mfn. noosed, snared, caught, bound, [W.] pāśabandha पाशबन्ध pāśa—bandha m. a noose, snare, halter, net, [Hit.] pāśahasta पाशहस्त pāśa—hasta mfn. noose in hand, [VP.] pāśa—hasta m. N. of Yama, [Kathās.] pāśakaṇṭha पाशकण्ठ pāśa—kaṇṭha mfn. having a noose round the neck, [Kathās.] pāśakrīḍā पाशक्रीडा pāśa—krīḍā f. ‘dice-play’, gambling, [Siṃhās.] pāśarajju पाशरज्जु pāśa—rajju f. a fetter, rope, [Kathās.] pāśadyumna पाशद्युम्न pā́śa—dyumna (pā́śa-), m. N. of a man, [RV.] pāśakapīṭha पाशकपीठ pāśaka—pīṭha m. or n. a gaming-table, [Mṛcch.] pāśavamata पाशवमत pāśava—mata n. an erroneous doctrine, [Hariv.] pāśabandhaka पाशबन्धक pāśa—bandhaka m. a bird-catcher, [Pañc.] pāśabandhana पाशबन्धन pāśa—bandhana n. a snare, fetter, [BhP.] pāśa—bandhana mfn. hanging in a snare, [Kathās.] pāśakapālin पाशकपालिन् pāśa—kapālin mfn. having a noose and a skull, [HPariś.] pāśakakevalī पाशककेवली pāśaka—kevalī f. N. of wk. (also spelled pāśākevalī or pāśaka-keralī). pāśavapālana पाशवपालन pāśava—pālana n. ‘nourishing flocks’, pasturage or meadow grass, [L.]