Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

praśvāsa प्रश्वास – exhalation

substantive masculine

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine

exhalation

Derived from

  1. pra प्र previx — forward; forth; onward
  2. śvas श्वस् verbal root — breathe
  3. a अ suffix — nominal-forming suffix -a
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Pra-śvāsa, as, m. breathing in, inhaling, breath, respiration.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

praśvāsa (von śvas mit pra) m. das Einathmen: praśvāsocchvāsa˚ SUŚR. 1,363,15. śvāsa˚ YOGAS. 2,49. H. 83 (vgl. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 186,b, Śl. 83). KULL._zu_M. 1,52. M. 1,55.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

praśvāsa m. das Einathmen.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

praśvāsaḥ Breath, respiration.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

PYS 2 occurrences
PYS 1.31–32: Distraction and Its Remedy 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

PYS 2.49–51: Prāṇāyāma as Breath Suspension 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

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