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 (páśu, paśú, “cattle, animal”) +‎ पति (páti, “lord”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɕu.pɐ́.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.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 (paśupáti)
	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 / पशुपत्या¹ paśupátinā / paśupátyā¹	पशुपतिभ्याम् paśupátibhyām	पशुपतिभिः paśupátibhiḥ
Dative	पशुपतये paśupátaye	पशुपतिभ्याम् paśupátibhyām	पशुपतिभ्यः paśupátibhyaḥ
Ablative	पशुपतेः / पशुपत्यः¹ paśupáteḥ / paśupátyaḥ¹	पशुपतिभ्याम् paśupátibhyām	पशुपतिभ्यः paśupátibhyaḥ
Genitive	पशुपतेः / पशुपत्यः¹ paśupáteḥ / paśupátyaḥ¹	पशुपत्योः paśupátyoḥ	पशुपतीनाम् paśupátīnām
Locative	पशुपतौ / पशुपता¹ paśupátau / paśupátā¹	पशुपत्योः paśupátyoḥ	पशुपतिषु paśupátiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

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