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’)