Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

prāṇana प्राणन – enlivening; breathing through

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter

enlivening; breathing through

Derived from

  1. pra प्र previx — forward; forth; onward
  2. an अन् verbal root — breathe
  3. ana अन suffix — nominal-forming suffix -ana
Cappeller 1891 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive neuter

prā́ṇana ·a. & n. vivifying; n. also breathing.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Prāṇana, as, m. the throat; (am), n. the act of breathing, respiration; living, life; producing life, calling into life; (as, ā, am), giving life to, pro- ducing life.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective

prāṇana 3〉 adj. belebend BHĀG. P. 10,20,6 (der Comm. prīṇana). BHĀG. P. 24,8.

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

prā́ṇana (von an simpl. und caus. mit pra) 1〉 m. Kehle ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR. — 2〉 n. = jīvana JAṬĀDH._im_ŚKDR. a〉 das Athmen ṚV. 1,48,10. DHĀTUP. 24,61. MBH. 12,12399. ŚAṂK._zu_BṚH. ĀR. UP. S. 322. zu CHĀND. UP. S. 25. prāṇanānta so v. a. Lebensende MBH. 12,9224. fg. — b〉 das Beleben BHĀG. P. 3,26,43. = jīvana Schol.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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

prā́ṇana — 1〉 Adj. belebend. — 2〉 *m. Kehle. — 3〉 n. — a〉 das Athmen. — b〉 das Beleben.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

prāṇanaḥ 1 The throat. 2 Water — naṃ 1 Respiration, breathing. 2 Life, living. 3 Producing life.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

prā́ṇana belebend; n. das Atmen.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

prāṇana n. (sfx. ana; ou nī) gosier; respiration, vie. La syllabe oṃ.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

SS 1 occurrence
SS 3.38–3.39: Turya in Body and World 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • SS 3.38 Segment 5

    Attested form: prāṇanam Grammar of the segment: nominative singular

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