The Sanskrit terms Pāśubandhaka and Paśubandhaka can be transliterated into English as Pasubandhaka or Pashubandhaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pāśubandhaka (पाशुबन्धक).—A sacrifice.

-kā The sacrificial altar.

Derivable forms: pāśubandhakaḥ (पाशुबन्धकः).

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Paśubandhaka (पशुबन्धक).—a rope for tethering cattle.

Derivable forms: paśubandhakaḥ (पशुबन्धकः).

Paśubandhaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms paśu and bandhaka (बन्धक).

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

1) Paśubandhaka (पशुबन्धक):—[=paśu-bandhaka] [from paśu > paś] m. a rope for tethering cattle, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Pāśubandhaka (पाशुबन्धक):—[from pāśava] mf(ikā)n. ([from] paśu-bandha) relating to the slaughter of a sacrificial animal.

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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.

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Partial matches: Pashu, Bandhaka, Pacu.

Starts with: Pashubandhakarika.

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