The Sanskrit term Pāśaka can be transliterated into English as Pasaka or Pashaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I (astronomy)

Pāśaka (पाशक) (or akṣa) refers to “dice”, according to the Pāśakakevalī (or Akṣakevalī) by Gargācārya (classified as literature dealing with astronomy, astrology, divination, medicine), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the ‘Vincenzo Joppi’ library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.—The title means [Pāśakakevalī] “absolute knowledge through the dice”, Sanskrit: pāśaka or akṣa. The latter synonym is used in the title as given in the colophon. The verses contain answers to questions asked to the dice. Three dices of pyramidal shape with four sides are used. The text gives ‘the interpretation of each of the combinations of three of the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4, in all possible orders’ (Pingree p. 75).

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Pāśaka (पाशक) refers to a “noose” (i.e., one of the attributes held in the hands of a deity), according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, “[...]  [He (The Causal Vajra-holder)] stands in the ālīḍha posture with the feet placed on both Hara and Gaurī [He holds] (1) a vajra and (2) a bell, (3)(4) an elephant’s skin, (5) a drum, (6) a knife, (7) an axe, (8) a trident, (9) a skull staff, (10) a pot, (11) a noose (pāśaka), and (12) a hairless head in the left and right [hands]. [...]”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Pasaka in India is the name of a plant defined with Sapindus emarginatus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Sapindus trifoliatus Turcz. (among others).

2) Pasaka is also identified with Sapindus laurifolius It has the synonym Sapindus laurifolius Balb. ex DC..

3) Pasaka is also identified with Sapindus trifoliatus It has the synonym Sapindus emarginatus Vahl (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Taxon (1982)
· Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou (1863)
· Prodr. (DC.) (1824)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Catalogue des Plantes de Madagascar, Sapind. (1931)
· Symbolae Botanicae (Vahl) (1794)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Pasaka, for example pregnancy safety, health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

pāsaka : (nt.) a sling; a snare; a button hole. (m.) a die; a throw.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

1) Pāsaka, ³ lintel Vin. II, 120=148 (see Vin. Texts III, 144). (Page 456)

2) Pāsaka, ² (fr. pāsa2) a throw, a die J. VI, 281. (Page 456)

3) Pāsaka, ¹ (fr. pāsa1) a bow, for the dress Vin. II, 136; for the hair Th. 2, 411 (if Morris, J. P. T. S. 1893, 45, 46, is right to be corr. fr. pasāda). (Page 456)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pāśaka (पाशक).—

1) A die, dice.

2) (At the end of comp.) A snare, trap; as in कण्ठ° (kaṇṭha°) &c.

Derivable forms: pāśakaḥ (पाशकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pāśaka (पाशक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A dice, particularly the long sort used in playing Chaupai. E. paśa to bind, ṇvul aff.

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Pāṣaka (पाषक).—m.

(-kaḥ) An ornament for the feet. E. paṣa to bind aff. ṇvul .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Pāśaka (पाशक):—[from pāśa] m. a snare, trap, noose (ifc.; cf. kaṇṭha-, daṇḍa-)

2) [v.s. ...] a die, [Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan]

3) Pāṣaka (पाषक):—m. an ornament for the feet, [Brahma-purāṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Pāśaka (पाशक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A dice.

2) Pāṣaka (पाषक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Foot ornament.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pāśaka (पाशक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pāsaga.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pasaka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pāśaka (पाशक):—(nm) a dice/die; as a suffix it means a bond, snare.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pāśaka (ಪಾಶಕ):—

1) [noun] = ಪಾಶ - [pasha -] 4 & 7.

2) [noun] a game of chance played with dice.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Pāśaka (पाशक):—n. 1. net; trap; snare; 2. dice; a gamble;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Pacakal, Pacakam, Pacakan, Pacakaran, Pasakaimaram, Pashakakevali, Pashakantha, Pashakapalin, Pashakapitha, Pashakarika, Pashakashari, Pashakavali.

Ends with (+29): Ahangrahopasaka, Anupasaka, Anyathopasaka, Aupasaka, Bhumipashaka, Buddhopasaka, Dandapashaka, Devirapasaka, Devopasaka, Dvijopasaka, Ekagunopasaka, Gunopasaka, Kalopasaka, Kanthapashaka, Karpasaka, Kshutpipasaka, Kurpasaka, Kurppasaka, Lopashaka, Maha-upasaka.

Full-text (+8): Kanthapashaka, Pasaga, Mahapasaka, Pashakapitha, Varunapashaka, Pashika, Pashakakevali, Nagapashaka, Pashupashaka, Dandapashaka, Udukkhalika, Uttarapasaka, Makapacakan, Pashak, Argalapasha, Valapashaka, Khipana, Kevali, Vatta, Khalika.

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