Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

śvasana श्वसन – air, wind

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

śvasaná ·a. blowing, hissing, snorting, breathing deep. m. wind or the god of wind; n. hissing (of a serpent), breathing, esp. deep breath, sigh.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Śvasana, as, m. air, wind; epithet of a demon of drought vanquished by Indra [cf. śuṣṇa]; the thorny plant Vangueria Spinosa; (am), n. breathing, respiration, breath; sighing.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

śvasaná (wie eben) 1〉 adj. blasend, zischend, schnaufend ṚV. 1,54,5. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 4,19,10. ein Stier VARĀH. BṚH. S. 61,6. samīraṇa PAÑCAR. 3,5,30. — b〉 schwer athmend SUŚR. 2,446,15. — 2〉 m. a〉 Wind (auch in medic. Bed.) AK. 1,1,1,57. H. 1106. H. an. 3,423. MED. n. 138. HALĀY. 1,75. MBH. 3,10058. MBH. 7,1764. MBH. 12,12401. R. 5,50,8. R. 6,16,35. R. 6,79,60. R. 6,108,1. SUŚR. 2,258,10. SUŚR. 2,314,13. SUŚR. 2,319,1. KĀM. NĪTIS. 4,80. KIR. 10,34. ŚIŚ. 11,21. BHĀG. P. 1,11,35. BHĀG. P. 3,8,17. BHĀG. P. 3,8,32. BHĀG. P. 3,17,26. BHĀG. P. 8,10,49. BHĀG. P. 8,20,26. BHĀG. P. 10,20,6. der Gott des Windes MBH. 1,1489. MBH. 3,770. MBH. 8,1511. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 34,2. unter den Vasu als Sohn der Śvāsā MBH. 1,2583. — b〉 Vanguiera spinosa Roxb. AK. 2,4,2,33. H. an. MED. — 3〉 n. a〉 = śvāsa H. an. MED. heftiges, hörbares Athmen SUŚR. 1,285,1. SUŚR. 1,308,15. das Athmen überh., Athem: āsyakamalaśvasanaiḥ ŚIŚ. 9,52. ŚIŚ. 11,21. KIR. 10,34. BHĀG. P. 4,8,20 (nach dem Comm. m. = prāṇa). BHĀG. P. 8,7,27. BHĀG. P. 11,4,4. — b〉 das sich Räuspern SUŚR. 1,100,5. — c〉 = sparśa (Comm.) Gefühl d. i. was da gefühlt wird BHĀG. P. 2,2,29. — MBH. 8,4205 ist statt samātatena śvasanena mit der ed. Bomb. zu lesen tamātateneṣvasanena.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

śvasaná — 1〉 Adj. — a〉 blasend, zischend, schnaufend. — b〉 schwer athmend. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Wind (auch in medicinischen Sinne), der Gott des Windes. Unter den Vasu als Sohn der Śvāsā. — b〉 Vangueria spinosa CARAKA. 7,1. — c〉 śvásana N. pr. eines Schlangendämons SUPARṆ. 23,3. — 3〉 n. — a〉 das Zischen (einer Schlange) ŚIŚ. 20,45. — b〉 heftiges, hörbares Athmen; das Athmen, Athem überhaupt. — c〉 das Sichräuspern. — d〉 das Seufzen, Seufzer Chr. 300,26. — e〉 Gefühl, d. i. was da gefühlt wird. — samātatena śvasanena MBH. 8,420 fehlerhaft für tamātateneṣvasanena.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

śvasanaḥ [śvasityanena śvas-lyuṭ] 1 Air, wind; śvasanasurabhigaṃdhiḥ Śi. 11. 21. 2 N. of a demon killed by Indra. — naṃ 1 Breath, breathing, respiration; śvasanacalitapallavādharoṣṭhe Ki. 10. 34; Ratn. 2. 4 (where it has sense 1 also); Śi. 9. 52. 2 Sighing. Comp. — aśanaḥ a serpent. — īśvaraḥ the Arjuna tree. — utsukaḥ a serpent. — ūrmiḥ f. a gust of wind.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

śvasaná blasend, zischend, schnaufend. m. Wind o. Windgott. n. das Zischen, (heftiges) Atmen, Seufzen.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

śvasana śvasana n. (sfx. ana) respiration; soupir; souffle. — M. vent. Vangueria spinosa, bot. śvasanāśana m. (aś; sfx. ana) serpent. śvasaneśvara m. (īśvara) pentaptera arjuna, bot. śvasanotsuka m. (utsaka) serpent.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.24–25*2: Karṣaka and Sahaja 1 occurrence

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