pASupata a. ( tI f. ) [ paSupateridaM aR ] Coming from or relating or sacred to Paśupati. — taH 1 A follower and worshipper of Śiva. 2 A follower of the doctrines of Paśupati. — taM The Pāśupata doctrines; (for the Pāśupata doctrines, see Sarva. S. ). Comp. — astraM N. of a missile presided over by paSupati or Śiva (which Arjuna acquired from Śiva).