Pashupati Pashupati — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

Pashupati is from the Sanskrit Paśupatī. A modern American baby name in the broader Sanskrit heritage aesthetic. Pashupati is a foundational name with deep heritage. Sanskrit Paśupatī of-Paśupati Shiva-consort + Sanskrit paśu beast + pati lord + foundational central Paśupati foundational-central-Shiva-epithet lord-of-all-creatures + foundational central Pashupatinath Temple Kathmandu Nepal on-Bagmati-river foundational-central-Nepals-national-Shiva-Temple 5th c. CE UNESCO-World-Heritage + foundational central Pāśupata foundational-central-oldest-Shaiva-sect founded-by Lakulīśa 2nd c. CE + Pāśupata-Sūtra 5-adhyayas 168-Sūtras by-Lakulīśa foundational-central-Pashupata + Pāśupata-Bhāṣya by Kauṇḍinya 4th-5th c. + foundational central Paśupati foundational-central-Śiva-Sahasranama name in Mahabharata Anushasana Parva 17 + foundational central Rigveda 1.114 Rudra-Sūkta 11-verses foundational-central-first-Rudra-Paśupati-hymn + Śatarudriya Yajurveda 16 108-mantras foundational-central-Rudra-Paśupati-hymn namaste rudra manyava utota iṣave namaḥ + foundational central Pashupati-Seal Indus-Valley Mohenjo-daro 2600 BCE proto-Shiva-Pashupati foundational-central-earliest-known-Pashupati-image 3-faced-yogic-figure + foundational central Bhagavad Gita 11:15 paśyāmi devāṃs tava deva dehe sarvāṃs tathā bhūta-viśeṣa-saṅghān brahmāṇam īśaṃ kamalāsana-stham ṛṣīṃś ca sarvān uragāṃś ca divyān + foundational central Adi Shankaracharyas Śivānanda-Laharī 100-verses foundational-central-Shiva-hymn + Śiva-Bhujaṅga-Stotra + foundational pan-Shaiva heritage. Foundational Sanskrit feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.