पशुपति

From पशु (paśu, “animal”) + पति (pati, “lord”).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pə.ʃʊ.pə.t̪iː/, [pɐ.ʃʊ.pɐ.t̪iː]

पशुपति • (paśupati) m

1. (Hinduism) Shiva, especially as the lord of animals

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पशुपति”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2899

Compound of पशु (paśu, “cattle, animal”) +‎ पति (pati, “lord”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɕu.pɐ́.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɕu.pɐ.t̪i/

पशुपति • (paśupáti) stem, m

1. (Vedic) "Lord of cattle", an epithet of Rudra; Paśupati is considered in the Vedas, along with Śarva and Bhava, to be a manifestation of Rudra
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.5.5:

     नमो भवाय च रुद्राय च नमः शर्वाय च पशुपतये च

     namo bhavāya ca rudrāya ca namaḥ śarvāya ca paśupataye ca

     Homage to Bhava and to Rudra.
     Homage to Śarva and to the lord of cattle.

2. (Classical Sanskrit) "Lord of animals", an epithet of Shiva
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 2.283:

     तथा विद्याधराश्चैव सिद्धाश्चैव तपोधनाः ।
     महादेवं पशुपतिं पर्युपासन्त भारत ॥
     भूतानि च महाराज नानारूपधराण्यथ ।
     राक्षसाश्च महारौद्राः पिशाचाश्च महाबलाः ॥

     tathā vidyādharāścaiva siddhāścaiva tapodhanāḥ.
     mahādevaṃ paśupatiṃ paryupāsanta bhārata.
     bhūtāni ca mahārāja nānārūpadharāṇyatha.
     rākṣasāśca mahāraudrāḥ piśācāśca mahābalāḥ.

     A large number of Vidyadharas and Siddhas and ascetics too, O Bharata, approached thither for waiting upon Mahadeva, the Lord of beasts. Many ghostly beings, also, of diverse forms and aspects, and many dreadful Rakshasas and mighty Pisachas [formed the entourage of Shiva].

• पाशुपत (pāśupata)

• → Kannada: ಪಶುಪತಿ (paśupati)
• → Malayalam: പശുപതി (paśupati)
• → Tamil: பசுபதி (pacupati)
• → Telugu: పశుపతి (paśupati)

• Monier Williams (1899) “पशुपति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 611, column 3.