asu असु – vital breath; life; vital spirit

Original text · English · substantive masculine

ásu ·m. (later always pl.) vital spirit, breath, life.

Original text · English · substantive masculine

asu asu, us, m. (fr. rt. 1. as, to be), breath, life, spiritual life; life of the spiritual world or departed spirits; water ?; [cf. ἀάζω, ἄσθμα]; (asavas), nom. pl. the five vital breaths or airs of the body; animal life; (u), n. reflection, thought or the heart as the seat of it; grief.

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

ásu 1〉 m. a〉 Lebenshauch, Leben (als Kraft und als Zustand); pl. (in der klass. Sprache nur dieser in Gebrauch) Lebensgeister NIR. 3,8. NIR. 11,18. Uṇ. 1,10. AK. 2,8,2,88. TRIK. 3,5,6. H. 1367. SIDDH. K. 249,b,12. asu̱ṃ paràṃ ja̱nayàṃ jī̱vamastṛ̀tam ṚV. 1,140,8. ṚV. 1,113,16. bhūmyā̱ asu̱rasṛ̀gā̱tmā kvà svit ṚV. 1,164,4. yadde̱vasya̱ śavàsā̱ prārìṇā̱ asùṃ ri̱ṇanna̱paḥ ṚV. 2,22,4. atì kramiṣṭaṃ ju̱ratàṃ pa̱ṇerasùm ṚV. 1,182,3. punàrdātā̱masùma̱dyeha bha̱dram ṚV. 10,14,12. ṚV. 10,12,1. ṚV. 10,59,7. ṚV. 10,121,7. asu̱ṃ vāgapì gacchatu AV. 2,12,8. AV. 5,1,7. AV. 5,29,5. AV. 5,30,1. AV. 6,53,2. AV. 7,2,1. AV. 8,1,1. AV. 8,1,3. AV. 8,1,15. u. s. w. VS. 8,58. VS. 18,2. VS. 22,30. ŚAT. BR. 2,4,2,21. ŚAT. BR. 6,6,2,6. ŚAT. BR. 14,5,1,11 = BṚH. ĀR. UP. 2,1,10. BṚH. ĀR. UP. 3,9,15. AIT. UP. 5,2. pl.: asu̱nāsū̱ntsamàcchidan AV. 6,104,1. mā tè hāsiṣu̱rasàva̱ḥ śarī̀ram AV. 8,2,26. AV. 12,2,55. trirāyamya śanairasūn M. 3,217. vigatairasubhiḥ R. 3,26,33. yo hi rakṣatyasūnnaraḥ PAÑCAT. II, 111. adya yāntyetasya (schwinden) hi nāsavaḥ KATHĀS. 25,143. asūnapi saṃtyajanti BHARTṚ. 2,100. śarīrebhyo 'marārīṇāmasūniva vicinvanti DEV. 2,67. asuvyayena PRAB. 64,12. punarasú adj. wieder auflebend ŚAT. BR. 1,5,3,14. Vgl. adabdhāsu, amṛtāsu, gatāsu, parāsu, vyasu. — b〉 das unkörperliche Leben, Geisterleben: (pitaraḥ) asu̱ṃ ya ī̱yuḥ ṚV. 10,15,1. — Ein prajñānāma NAIGH. 3,9. — 2〉 n. a〉 Trauer. — b〉 Geist (citta) UṆĀDIK._im_ŚKDR.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

asu 1〉c〉 respiration = 4 seconds of sidereal time, or 1 minute of arc SŪRYAS. 2,59. SŪRYAS. 2,61. SŪRYAS. 3,38. SŪRYAS. 3,46. SŪRYAS. 9,5. SŪRYAS. 10,2. fgg.

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

ásu — 1〉 m. — a〉 Lebenshauch, Leben. Pl. (nur dieses in der späteren Sprache) Lebensgeister. — b〉 Geisterleben. — c〉 ¹⁄₃₆₀ Muhūrta GAṆIT. 1,17. — d〉 *= prajñā. — 2〉 *n. — a〉 Trauer. — b〉 der Geist.

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

asuḥ [asyate kṣipyate as-un Uṇ. 1. 10; cf. Nir.; sa hi astaḥ śarīre bhavati tasya tatra nityamavasthānaṃ] 1 Breath, life, spiritual life. 2 Life of departed spirits. 3 Water. 4 Heat. 5 (pl.) (a) The five vital breaths or lifewinds in the body; asubhiḥ sthāsnu yaśaścicīṣataḥ Ki. 2. 19; parīkṣitaṃ durlabhānasūn prāpitavān K. 175; Bh. 2. 110; (b) wisdom (prajñā Nir.). 6 The time taken in pronouncing 10 long syllables. 7 A sixth part of a pala q. v. — n. — (su) 1 Reflection, thought. 2 Heart, mind. 3 Grief. Comp. — dhāraṇaṃ -ṇā sustenance of life, life, existence. — nītaḥ the lord of spirits. — (taṃ) the world of spirits. — nītiḥ f. the life or the world of the spirits (personified as a female deity invoked for the preservation of life.). — bhaṃgaḥ 1 destruction or loss of life; malinamasubhaṃgepyasukaraṃ Bh. 2. 28. 2 danger or fear about life. — bhṛt m. a living being, a creature. — sama a. as dear as life, dearly loved. — (maḥ) a husband, lover; muhurasusamamāghnatī nitāṃtaṃ Śi. 7. 17.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

ásu m. (sp. mir Pl) Leben.

Original text · French · substantive masculine

asu asu m. pl. Cf. asavas. Les cinq principes de la vie, les cinq formes du souffle vital.

Original text · French · substantive neuter

asu asu n. le cœur comme siège des affections; réflexion, méditation, pensée.