1. pasü-
pasü- m. Vieh, Tier (RV [’üh, "um, "vah, NomDu °’va, AkkP “ah, u.a.] +), päsu- n. dss. (RV [’u, ’ve], YV [pas n.); AsGri) 2,475, 11 139, HoffmA 597, Bee, Origins 167£., KEWAII2- [mit Abweichendem]); pasu-tp- Vieh stehlend (0. I 63°: Pasumänt- mit Vieh versehen, viehreich (RV +), pasu-w Vieh verschaffend (RV [DatSg °’se, GenSg °sah]), par. sädhani- Adi. f. Vieh treibend (o. I 143), päsva-isti- Vich herden begehrend … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. pasü-, p. 138]
2. paśu
2. paśu or paśu, m. ( instr. paśunā or śva; dat. paśve or paśave; gen. paśvas or śos; du. paśvā; acc. pl. paśvas or śūn) cattle, kine ( orig. ‘any tethered animal’; singly or collect. ‘a herd’), a domestic or sacrificial animal (as opp. to mṛga, ‘wild animal’; 5 kinds are enumerated, ‘men, kine, horses, goats and sheep’ [ AV. xi, 2, 9 &c.], to which are sometimes added mules and asses [ MBh. vi, 155 &c.] or camels and dogs [ AV. iii, 10, 6 Comm. ]), RV. &c. &c.
3. paśu
any animal or brute or beast (also applied contemptuously to a man; cf. narap and nṛp)
4. paśu
(with Māheśvara s and Pāśupata s) the individual soul as distinct from the divine Soul of the universe, RTL. 89