पशुपति (paśupati) is a Sanskrit word meaning lord of animals, an epithet of Rudra or Shiva, of Agni, an epithet of Shiva, of a lexicographer, relating to a scholiast. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them An epithet/name of Śiva/Rudra, Herdsman / General Lord of Animals, Name of Human Individuals.
Etymology
E. पशु living creature, and पति the master, the creator, or preserver; or पशु ŚIVA'S attendant, and पति master; or according to one legend, पशु an animal, which every deity acknowledged himself to be before his lord and master ŚIVA, when they solicited him to destroy the Asura TRIPURA
1. Lord of animals. 2. An epithet of Rudra or Shiva.
(H3) [Printed book page 611,3] पशु (paśu)—पति (—pati)m. ‘lord of animals’ (or ‘l° of a servant named Paśu’ or ‘l° of the soul’, Religious Thought and Life in India, also called ’Brāhmanism and Hindūism,’ by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 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), Atharva-veda (Title) &c. &c. [ID=120583]
of Śiva, Mahābhārata (Title) &c. (according to one legend every deity acknowledged himself to be a mere पशु (paśu) or animal when entreating Śiva to destroy the Asura Tri-pura) [ID=120585]
पशु (paśu)पति (pati) (paśupati) [Printed book page 520] पशु (paśu)पति (pati) (paśupati) m. (-तिः (-tiḥ)) A name of ŚIVA.
E. पशु (paśu) living creature, and पति (pati) the master, the creator, or preserver; or पशु (paśu) ŚIVA'S attendant, and पति (pati) master; or according to one legend, पशु (paśu) an animal, which every deity acknowledged himself to be before his lord and master ŚIVA, when they solicited him to destroy the Asura TRIPURA.
[ID=24067]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Shiva
पशुपति (paśupati) [Printed book page 465-a] पशु-पति (paśu-pati)(तिः) ((tiḥ)) 2. m. Shiva. [ID=23540]
पशुपति (paśupati) [Printed book page 2-306] Paśupati (I) — fourth name of Śiva; the fifth tanu of Agni; has pacikaśakti; wife Svāhā and son Skanda;1 hence fire to be kept clean.2 [Footnote: 1) Br. II. 10. 80; Vā. 27. 11, 53; 30. 89.]
[Footnote: 2) Br. II. 10. 13 and 45.] [ID=7705]
— The Purana Index
1. Rudra. 2. The presiding deity of fire.
Paśupati (II) — see Rudra;1 the presiding deity of fire.2 [Footnote: 1) M. 154. 485. Vi. I. 8. 6; V. 18. 56.]
[Footnote: 2) M. 162. 9; 265. 40.] [ID=7706]
— The Purana Index
Herdsman / General Lord of Animals
3 definitions3
1. A herdsman. 2. An epithet of Shiva. 3. Name of a philosopher who propounded the pashupata system of philosophy.
पशुपति (paśupati) [Printed book page 425-32] पशु-पति (paśu-pati)m. 1. a herdsman; 2. an epithet of Śiva, Megh. i.36, 56, K.S. vi.95, Bh.V. iv.38; 3. name of a philosopher who propounded the pāśupata system of philosophy. [ID=21780]
E. पशु (paśu) living creature, and पति (pati) the master, the creator, or preserver; or पशु (paśu) SĪVA'S attendant, and पति (pati) master; or according to one legend, पशु (paśu) an animal, which every deity acknowledged himself to be before his lord and master ŚIVA, when they solicited him to destroy the Asura TRIPURĀ.
[ID=24118]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
lord of the animals and an epithet of several gods
पशुपति (paśupati) [Printed book page 308] पशुपति (paśupati)m. lord of the animals, E. of sev. gods. [ID=18622]
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Definitions on this page come from 8 works:
Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
