पशुपति [ paśupati ] [ paśu-páti ] m. " lord of animals " (or " lord of a servant named Paśu " or " lord of the soul " Lit. RTL. 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) Lit. AV.

   of Agni. ; Lit. TS. Lit. ŚBr.

   of Śiva Lit. MBh. (according to one legend every deity acknowledged himself to be a mere [ paśu ] or animal when entreating Śiva to destroy the Asura Tri-pura)

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