पशुपति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পশুপতি (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬰᬸᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• পশুপতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰫𑰲𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀰𑀼𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ပၐုပတိ (Burmese script)
• પશુપતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਸ਼ੁਪਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌶𑍁𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦯꦸꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂬𑂳𑂣𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಶುಪತಿ (Kannada script)
• បឝុបតិ (Khmer script)
• ປຨຸປຕິ (Lao script)
• പശുപതി (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᡧᡠᢒᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘫𑘳𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠱᠤᢒᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧋𑧔𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐱𑐸𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ପଶୁପତି (Odia script)
• ꢦꢯꢸꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆯𑆶𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖫𑖲𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• පශුපති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩿𑩒𑩰𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚧𑚰𑚞𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• பஶுபதி (Tamil script)
• పశుపతి (Telugu script)
• ปศุปติ (Thai script)
• པ་ཤུ་པ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒬𑒳𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨮𑨃𑨞𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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. (Later Sanskrit) "Lord of animals", an epithet of Shiva

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of पशुपति

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पशुपतिः (paśupátiḥ)	पशुपती (paśupátī)	पशुपतयः (paśupátayaḥ)
vocative	पशुपते (páśupate)	पशुपती (páśupatī)	पशुपतयः (páśupatayaḥ)
accusative	पशुपतिम् (paśupátim)	पशुपती (paśupátī)	पशुपतीन् (paśupátīn)
instrumental	पशुपतिना (paśupátinā) पशुपत्या¹ (paśupátyā¹)	पशुपतिभ्याम् (paśupátibhyām)	पशुपतिभिः (paśupátibhiḥ)
dative	पशुपतये (paśupátaye)	पशुपतिभ्याम् (paśupátibhyām)	पशुपतिभ्यः (paśupátibhyaḥ)
ablative	पशुपतेः (paśupáteḥ) पशुपत्यः¹ (paśupátyaḥ¹)	पशुपतिभ्याम् (paśupátibhyām)	पशुपतिभ्यः (paśupátibhyaḥ)
genitive	पशुपतेः (paśupáteḥ) पशुपत्यः¹ (paśupátyaḥ¹)	पशुपत्योः (paśupátyoḥ)	पशुपतीनाम् (paśupátīnām)
locative	पशुपतौ (paśupátau) पशुपता¹ (paśupátā¹)	पशुपत्योः (paśupátyoḥ)	पशुपतिषु (paśupátiṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• पाशुपत (pāśupata)

Descendants

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

References

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