pASaH [ paSyate baDyate'nena, paS-karaRe GaY ] 1 A cord, chain, fetter, noose; pAdAkfzwavratativalayAsaMgasaMjAtapASaH Ś. 1. 33 ; bAhupASena vyApAditA Mk. 9 ; R. 6. 84. 2 A snare, trap or net for catching birds and beasts. 3 A noose used as a weapon (as by Varuṇa); Ku. 2. 21. 4 A die, dice; Malli. on R. 6. 18. 5 The edge or border of anything woven. 6 (At the end of comp. ) pASa expresses ( a ) contempt or depreciation; as in CatrapASaH a bad pupil; vEyAkaraRa°, Bizak° &c. ( b ) beauty or admiration; as in sEvozWamudrA sa ca karRapASaH U. 6. 27. ( c ) abundance, mass, or quantity (after a word signifying ‘hair’); as in keSapASa q. v. Comp. — aMtaH the back of a garment. — krIqA gambling, playing with dice. — DaraH, -pARiH an epithet of Varuṇa. — badDa a. entrapped, caught in a snare or net, noosed. — baMDaH a noose, snare, halter. — baMDakaH a birdcatcher. — baMDanaM a snare. — Bft m. 1 an epithet of Varuṇa; R. 2. 9. 2 one armed with a noose. — rajjuH f. a fetter, rope. — hastaH ‘holding a noose in hand’, an epithet of Varuṇa.