Pāśupatāstra in Dhanur Veda with Download

To learn more about Pāśupatāstra and where its mantra comes from, you will want to learn about Dhanur Veda. The most important work is the “Dhanurveda Samhita” by Rishi Vasishtha. Here is a book:

      Vasiṣṭa’s Dhanurveda Samhitā
      (Original Sanskrit Text With Translation Into English)
      by Purnima Ray, first edition 2003

This book contains the Sanskrit (Devanagari) text, English translation, and footnotes of Vasishtha’s work. You can download the PDF here.

This PDF is a copy of: https://archive.org/details/vasishthas-dhanurveda-samhita-with-english-translation-purnima-ray-2003 . The catalog entry says the book is from the “Digital Library of India” collection.

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Pāśupatāstra Examples

Shiva Purana, section 4, Chapter 30

See Shiva Grants the Pāśupatāstra to a Devotee.

Other examples will be added later, such as Arjuna’s receiving the Pāśupatāstra in the Mahabharata.