Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

[पश्यते बध्यतेऽनेन, पश्-करणे घञ्]

1. A cord, chain, fetter, noose; पादाकृष्टव्रततिवलयासंगसंजातपाशः Ś.1.32; बाहुपाशेन व्यापादिता Mk.9; R.6.84.
2. A snare, trap or net for catching birds and beasts.
3. A noose used as a weapon (as by Varuṇa); किं चायमरिदुर्वारः पाणौ पाशः प्रचेतसः Ku.2.21.
4. A die, dice; Malli. on R.6.18.
5. The edge or border of anything woven.
6. (With Jainas) The outer world, nature.
7. (At the end of comp.) पाश expresses (a) contempt or depreciation; as in छात्रपाशः a bad pupil; वैयाकरणdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, भिषक्denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied etc.; (b) beauty or admiration; as in सैवोष्ठमुद्रा स च कर्णपाशः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.27; (c) abundance, mass, or quantity (after a word signifying 'hair'); as in केशपाश quod vide, which see

1. masculine gender (once neuter gender in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).; from √3. पश्) a snare, trap, noose, tie, bond, cord, chain, fetter (literally and figuratively) fg-veda etc.
2. masculine gender (especially) the noose as attribute of S3iva शिव or Yama यम RTL. 81; 290
3. masculine gender (with Jainas जैन s) anything that binds or fetters the soul id est the outer world, nature Sarvad. (confer, compare also RTL. 89)
4. masculine gender selvage, edge, border (of anything woven), S3rGr2S.
5. masculine gender a die, dice MBh.
6. masculine gender (in astrology) a particular constellation
7. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' it expresses either contempt exempli gratia, 'for example' छत्त्र-प्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "a shabby umbrella", or admiration exempli gratia, 'for example' कर्ण-प्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "a beautiful ear"; after a word signifying, "hair" abundance, quantity exempli gratia, 'for example' केश-प्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, "a mass of hair")
8. (also) a particular land-measure, Inscriptions