pāsa
Pāsa1
a sling, snare, tie, fetter SN.i.105, SN.i.111; AN.ii.182; AN.iv.197; Vin.iv.153 (? hattha˚); Snp.166; Iti.36 (Māra˚); Ja.iii.184; Ja.iv.414; Pv-a.206. On its frequent use in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 111.
Vedic pāśa
Pāsa2
a spear, a throw Snp.303; AN.iv.171 (kuṭhāri˚ throw of an axe)
■ asi˚; a class of deities Mil.191.
Class. Sk. prāsa fr. pra + as
Pāsa3
(a stone?) at Pv-a.63 (pās’ antare) is probably a misreading and to be corrected to palāsa (palās’ antare similarly to rukkh’ antare, kaṭṭh’-and mūl’ antare) foliage.