pashu
पशु paśu'The beast': the bound individual soul in the Shaiva Siddhanta, fettered until released by grace and initiation.
Where this term appears
- The 28 Śaiva Āgamas Lineages
Pati, pashu, and pasha The why , where it survives, rests on three words.
- The Kularnava Tantra: The Kaula Path and the True Guru Lineages
…nts makes the same point structurally: the ordinary bound person, the pashu or "animal," is expressly unfit for these rites; they belong only to the disciplined vira , and dissolve, for the rarest divya or "div…
- What is Shaivism? Lineages
The god is pati , the master. Souls are pashu , the tethered cattle.
- Who is Shiva? Deities
Across most of them runs a shared vocabulary, pati–paśu–pāśa , the Lord, the bound soul, and the bond.
- The Panchamakara Question Treatise
…ana Tantra and other Tantric sources: practitioners are classified as Pashu (bound, animal-like — beginners), Vira (heroic — advanced), and Divya (divine — highest).
- The sacred transgression Treatise
…e tantric texts speak of three temperaments or grades of fitness: the pashu , the bound "herd" soul still ruled by convention and instinct; the vira , the "hero" capable of the left-hand discipline; and the div…