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Pashupati (Sanskrit: "lord of animals") is a name of Rudra-Shiva in the Atharvaveda (the Rigveda has the related pashupa "protector of cattle" as a name of Pushan ).
The name has also been applied to a figure, probably a god, depicted as sitting among animals, discovered in the context of the Mohenjo-daro culture. This god has been suggested as an earlier form of Rudra. Parallels have also been drawn with the Celtic Cernunnos.
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