पाश [ pāśa ] [ pā́śa ] m. ( once n. ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) . ; fr. √ 3. [ paś ] ) a snare , trap , noose , tie , bond , cord , chain , fetter (lit. and fig.) Lit. RV.

(esp.) the noose as attribute of Śiva or Yama Lit. RTL. 81 ; 290

(with Jainas) anything that binds or fetters the soul i.e. the outer world , nature Lit. Sarvad. ( cf. also Lit. RTL. 89)

selvage , edge , border (of anything woven) , Lit. ŚrGṛS.

a die , dice Lit. MBh.

(in astrol.) a partic. constellation

a partic. land-measure, Lit. Inscr.

(ifc. it expresses either contempt e.g. [ chattra-p ] , " a shabby umbrella " , or admiration e.g. [ karṇa-p ] , " a beautiful ear " ; after a word signifying , " hair " abundance , quantity e.g. [ keśa-p ] , " a mass of hair " )

[ pāśī ] f. a rope , fetter Lit. Śiś. xviii , 57 ( cf. also 2. [ pāśī ] ) .