पाशः [pāśḥ] [पश्यते बध्यतेऽनेन, पश्-करणे घञ्]
A cord, chain, fetter, noose; पादाकृष्टव्रततिवलयासंगसंजातपाशः
[Ś.1.32;] बाहुपाशेन व्यापादिता
[Mk.9;] [R.6.84.] A snare, trap or net for catching birds and beasts.
A noose used as a weapon (as by Varuṇa); किं चायमरिदुर्वारः पाणौ पाशः प्रचेतसः
[Ku.2.21.] A die, dice; Malli. on
[R.6.18.] The edge or border of anything woven.
(With Jainas) The outer world, nature.
(At the end of comp.) पाश expresses (a) contempt or depreciation; as in छात्रपाशः a bad pupil; वैयाकरण˚, भिषक्˚ &c.; (b) beauty or admiration; as in सैवोष्ठमुद्रा स च कर्णपाशः
[U.6.27;] (c) abundance, mass, or quantity (after a word signifying 'hair'); as in केशपाश q. v.
-शी A rope, fetter; पाशीकल्पामायतामाचकर्ष
[Śi.18.] 57. -Comp.
-अन्तः the back of a garment.
-क्रीडा gambling, playing with dice.
-जालम् the outer world (conceived as a net).
-धरः, -पाणिः an epithet of Varuṇa.
-बद्ध a. a. entrapped, caught in a snare or net, noosed.
-बन्धः a noose, snare, halter.
-बन्धकः a birdcatcher.
-बन्धनम् a snare.
-भृत् m. m.
an epithet of Varuṇa;
[R.2.9.] one armed with a noose.
-रज्जुः f. f. a fetter, rope.
-हस्तः 'holding a noose in hand', an epithet of Varuṇa and of Yama.