a Śaiva sect known as Pāśupata, founded in the second century (a.d.) by Lakulīśa.

a person belonging to this sect.

a thick, heavy stick; a club; a cudgel.

a thin, long stick carried by monks, as a symbol of their monkhood.

either of the civit-like carnivore Viverra ichneumon of Viverridae family or Herpestes edwards of Herpestes family, noted for their ability to kill poisonous snakes; common mongoose.

a leather sack for carrying water.