1. pasü-
um, …
The corpus record — Sanskrit
paśūn
um, …
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Distribution
- Katha Upanisad 1 · 4.64/10k
- Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 9 · 1.19/10k
- Chandogya Upanisad 4 · 0.85/10k
Senses
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, hor
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
Attestations
- paśūn Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,2.5
- paśūn Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,2.7
- paśuṃ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,3.1
- paśuṃ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.8
- paśūn Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.17
- paśuḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.17
6 of 14 attestations shown.
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
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- vol. 3, scan p. 736; entry #11127 Review: Under source audit
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