Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

apāna अपान – apāna; downward breath

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

apāna; downward breath

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

apāná ·m. the wind that goes downward (in the body); the anus.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Apāna, as, m. expiration, breathing out (opposed to prāṇa); that of the five vital airs which goes downwards and out at the anus; (am), n. the anus; ventris crepitus.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

apāná (von 1. an mit apa) 1〉 m. Aushauch (Gegens. prāṇa): memaṃ prā̱ṇo hā̀sī̱nmo àpā̱naḥ AV. 2,28,3. AV. 5,30,12. AV. 6,41,2. AV. 15,15,2. AV. 15,16,1—AV. 15, 16,7 (deren sieben). VS. 13,19. VS. 13,24. VS. 14,8. VS. 14,12. VS. 14,14. VS. 14,17. VS. 22,23. VS. 22,33. VS. 23,18. VS. 25,2. VS. 36,1. ŚAT. BR. 8,1,3,8. ŚAT. BR. 8,4,2,6. ŚAT. BR. 8,5,1,14. ŚAT. BR. 10,1,4,3. ŚAT. BR. 10,1,4,12. ŚAT. BR. 11,2,7,27. ŚAT. BR. 14,4,3,10. (= BṚH. ĀR. UP. 1,5,3.) prāṇo vai grahaḥ so 'pānenātigrāheṇa gṛhīto 'pānena (Einhauch?) hi gandhaṃ jighrati ŚAT. BR. 14,6,2,2. (= BṚH. ĀR. UP. 3,2,2.) BHAG. 4,29. prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇau BHAG. 5,27. Die indischen Lexicographen, die den apāna unter den fünf organischen Winden des Körpers aufführen, erklären ihn für den zum After hinausgehenden Wind. AK. 1,1,1,59. H. an. 3,354. MED. n. 28. Hiermit vgl. man folgende Stellen: pāyūpasthe 'pānaṃ cakṣuḥśrotre mukhanāsikābhyāṃ prāṇaḥ svayaṃ pratiṣṭhate madhye tu samānaḥ PRAŚNOP. 3,5. PRAŚNOP. 3,8. PRAŚNOP. 4,3. nābhirnirabhidyata nābhyā apāno 'pānānmṛtyuḥ AIT. UP. 1,4. mṛtyurapāno bhūtvā nābhiṃ prāviśat AIT. UP. 2,4. AIT. UP. 3,10. — 2〉 n. After AK. 2,6,2,24. H. 612. H. an. 3,354. MED. n. 28. apānapradeśānniḥsṛtaṃ dravyam SIDDH. K._zu_P. 3,1,15.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

apāna [vgl. [1:300]] {5,30,12} = {5,30,15}. (revision)

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

apāna 1〉 *Z. 2 lies 5,30,15 st. 5,30,12. Am Schluss hinzuzufügen: apāno nāma vāyurnābhyadhiṣṭhātā TATTVAS. 32. vasiṣṭhasyāpānaḥ N. eines Sāman Ind. St. 3,233,a. — 2〉 Spr. 4195. apānodgāra Furz Spr. 903.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

apāná m. — 1〉 der eingezogene, von oben nach unten sich bewegende Hauch im Körper Chr. 264,20. Chr. 264,24.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

apānaḥ Breathing out, respiration (opp. prāṇa); prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyaṃtaracāriṇau Bg. 5. 27; one of the five life-winds in the body which goes downwards and out at the anus (apanayanānmūtrapurīṣāderapāno' dhovṛttirvāyurnābhisthānaḥ); mūtraśukravaho vāyurapāna iti kīrtyate. — naḥ -naṃ The anus (ādhāre ghañ). Comp. — dā giving Apāna. — dvāraṃ the anus. — pavanaḥ, -vāyuḥ 1 the life-wind called apāna. 2 ventris crepitus. — bhṛt f. a sort of brick (cherishing the life-wind apāna).

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

apāná m. der Aushauch (einer von den Winden im Körper); After.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

apāna apāna m. (an) le souffle expiré; respiration, haleine. Un des cinq souffles ou esprits vitaux: apāne juhvanti prāṇam ils sacrifient l'aspiration dans la respiration. Anus. Cf. udāna, prāṇa, samāna, vyāna.

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DYS 89–93: Stages of Development 1 occurrence

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DYS 143–145: Mūlabandha 1 occurrence

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DYS 154–167: Vajrolī for the Male Yogi 1 occurrence

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GoS 7 occurrences
GoS 50–63: Three Locks 3 occurrences

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GoS 74–80: Through the Three Knots 3 occurrences

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GoS 81–88: Moon, Fluid and Union 1 occurrence

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HP 9 occurrences
HP 1.44-1.49: Padmāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 2.24-2.29: Dhauti and Basti 1 occurrence

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HP 2.44-2.47: Eight Kumbhakas 1 occurrence

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HP 3.49-3.57: Mūlabandha 6 occurrences

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SiSa 13 occurrences
SiSa 3.1-3.10: Herzlotus und Prāṇa 3 occurrences

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SiSa 3.55-3.60: Ghaṭāvasthā 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3.68-3.80: Vāyusādhana 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3.88-3.91: Padmāsana 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.37-4.42: Mahābandha 2 occurrences

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SiSa 4.43-4.50: Mahāvedha 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.64-4.68: Mūlabandha 2 occurrences

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SiSa 4.81-4.90: Bindu-Bewahrung 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.105-4.111: Śakticālana 1 occurrence

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