Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

anila अनिल – wind; breath

substantive masculine

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

wind; breath

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

anila ·m. wind (also in the body); the god of wind.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

anila anila, as, m. (fr. rt. an, cf. Irish anal), air or wind, considered also as a deity; one of the subordinate deities, forty-nine of whom form the class of Anilas or winds; one of the eight demi-gods, called Vasus; wind, as one of the humors or rasas of the body; rheumatism, paralysis, or any affection re- ferred to disorder of the wind; N. of a Ṛṣi and other persons; the letter y; the number forty-nine; (ī), f. the fifteenth Nakṣatra (?).

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

anilá (von 2. an) Uṇ. 1,54. ánila VS. 40,15. aníla ŚAT. BR. 14,8,31. m. 1〉 Wind AK. 1,1,1,57. AK. 1,3,2,45. H. 1106. MED. l. 57. VS. 40,15. = ĪŚOP. 17. ŚAT. BR. 14,8,3,1. = BṚH. ĀR. UP. 5,15,1. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 2,11. M. 4,102. M. 6,31. M. 11,236. M. 12,120. DRAUP. 6,6. ŚĀK. 171. MEGH. 20. MEGH. 57. MEGH. 96. ṚT. 1,8 (pl.). jalakṣīraghṛtānilān — uṣṇān heisse Dämpfe von Wasser, Milch und geklärter Butter M. 11,214. KULL.: uṣṇodakam, uṣṇaghṛtam, uṣṇavāyum. — 2〉 der Gott des Windes M. 5,96. M. 7,4. M. 8,86. R. 1,1,6. Wird sowohl unter den Marut (MIT. 142,13.), als unter den Vasu (MED. l. 57. HARIV. 152. VP. 120.) aufgeführt. Die anilāḥ bilden eine besondere Klasse von Göttern (49 an der Zahl) AK. 1,1,1,5; vgl. anilakumāra. — 3〉 die organische Luft, einer der 3 Grundsäfte des Leibes, für dessen Bezeichnung übrigens viele gleichbedeutende Namen dienen, z. B. vāyu, vāta, māruta, samīraṇa, mātariśvan u. s. w. SUŚR. 1,250,4. SUŚR. 1,250,6. SUŚR. 1,257,5. SUŚR. 2,33,17. u. s. w. Mittel, welche den Krankheiten dieses Lebenselements wehren, heissen anilaghna SUŚR. 1,226,8. anilahan SUŚR. 198,17. SUŚR. 2,33,9. anilahṛt SUŚR. 2,138,9. anilāpaha SUŚR. 1,232,12. u. dergl. — 4〉 N. pr. a〉 der 17te Arhant der vergangenen Utsarpiṇī H. 52. — b〉 ein Sohn Taṃsuʼs und Vater Duṣyantaʼs VP. 448. — c〉 ein Rakṣas R. 5,27,23. — 5〉 mystische Bezeichnung des Buchstabens ya Ind. St. II, 316.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

ánila m. — 1〉 Wind Chr. 104,5. Chr. 219,11. — 2〉 der Gott des Windes Chr. 76,24. Chr. 219,21. Wird zu den Marut und zu den Vasu gezählt. *Pl. eine best. Klasse von Göttern (49 an der Zahl). — 3〉 der Wind im Körper (einer der drei Rasa desselben). — 4〉 mystische Bez. des Lautes j. — 5〉 N. pr. — a〉 eines Sohnes des Taṃsu VP. 4,19,2. — b〉 *des 17ten Arhantʼs der vergangenen Utsarpiṇī. — c〉 eines Rākṣasa.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

anilaḥ [aniti jīvati anena, an ilac Uṇ. 1. 54] 1 Wind; prāṇānāmanilena vṛttirucitā Ś. 7. 12; sa sakhā dīpa ivānilāhataḥ Ku. 4. 30. (The number of winds is 7: -āvaho nivahaścaiva udvahaḥ saṃvahastathā . vivahaḥ pravahaścaiva parivāhastathaiva ca .. and these are again subdivided into 7 divisions, the total number being 49). 2 The god of wind. 3 One of the subordinate deities, 49 of whom form the class of winds. 4 N. of one of the 8 Vasus, i. e. the fifth. 5 The wind in the body, one of the humours; ˚han, ˚hṛt, ˚ghna. 6 Rheumatism or any disease referred to disorder of the wind. 7 The letter y. 8 Symbolical expression for the number 49. 9 N. of the lunar asterism svāti. 10 N. of Viṣṇu (tasya prāṇātmanā sarvadehadhāraṇāt tathātvaṃ). Comp. — ayanaṃ way or course of the wind. — aśana, -āśin a. [anilamaśrātīti] 1 feeding on the wind, fasting. 2 a serpent. — aṃtakaḥ (wind-destroying) N. of a plant (Iṅgudī) or aṃgārapuṣpa. — ātmajaḥ son of the wind, epithet ([Page 0065-c]) of Bhīma and Hanūmat. — āmayaḥ [ anilakṛtaḥ āmayaḥ śāka. ta.] 1 flatulence. 2 rheumatism (vātaroga). — ghna, -han, -hṛt a. curing disorders from wind. — ghnakaḥ a large tree (bibhītaka) Terminalia Belerica. — paryāyaḥ pain and swelling of the eyelids and outer parts of the eye. — prakṛti a. of a windy nature. (-tiḥ) N. of the planet Saturn. — vyādhiḥ derangement of the bodily (internal) wind. — sakhaḥ fire (the friend of wind); so ˚baṃdhuḥ.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

anila m. Wind (auch im Körper); Gott des Windes.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

anila anila m. (an) souffle, vent. Np. un des Maruts; un des Vasus. F. anili, le 15ᵉ astérisme lunaire ou nakṣatra. anilasakha m. (sakhi ami) le feu.

Occurrences in source texts (21)

GoS 2 occurrences
GoS 34–41: Sun, Sound and Cooling 1 occurrence

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GoS 42–49: Breath as Bellows 1 occurrence

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HP 7 occurrences
HP 1.33-1.43: Siddhāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 1.44-1.49: Padmāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 2.57-2.59: Śītalī 1 occurrence

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HP 2.60-2.68: Bhastrikā 1 occurrence

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HP 3.19-3.25: Mahābandha 1 occurrence

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HP 4.11*5-4.11*14: Khecarī in Space 1 occurrence

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HP 4.20-4.27: Four Stages of Nāda 1 occurrence

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HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.19*2–21*1: Plāvanī: Supported on water 1 occurrence

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IVU 1 occurrence
IVU 17-18: Breath, Memory, and the Good Path 1 occurrence

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SiSa 7 occurrences
SiSa 3.34-3.38: Förderliche Mittel 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3.41-3.48: Atemkraft und Hindernisse 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3.68-3.80: Vāyusādhana 2 occurrences

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SiSa 3.92-3.94: Ugrāsana 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.64-4.68: Mūlabandha 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 1 occurrence

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SVU 3 occurrences
SVU 2.11: Harbingers of the Inner Light 1 occurrence

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SVU 2.12-2.13: Signs of the Fire of Yoga 1 occurrence

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SVU 6.1–6.6: Lord of Cosmic Unfolding 1 occurrence

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