Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

vāyu वायु – wind; breath; vital force

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine

wind; breath; vital force

Cappeller 1891 adjective · substantive masculine

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vāyú1 ·m. wind, air, esp. vital air (5); the god of wind, pl. the Maruts.

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vāyú2 ·a. tired, languid.

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vāyú3 ·a. desirous or desirable.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

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vāyu vāyu, us, m. (fr. rt. 2. vā), air, wind, the god of the wind (often associated with Indra in the Ṛg-veda, but not occupying a very prominent posi- tion; in the Puruṣa-sūkta he is said to have sprung from the breath of Puruṣa, and elsewhere is described as the son-in-law of Tvaṣṭṛ; he is said to move in a shining car drawn by a pair of red or purple horses or by several teams consisting of ninety-nine or a hundred or even a thousand horses; he is often made to occupy the same chariot with Indra, and in conjunction with him honoured with the first draught of the Soma libation; he is rarely connected with the Maruts, although in 1. 134, 4. he is said to have begotten them from the rivers of heaven; he is regent of the north-west quarter, see loka-pāla); the air of the body, a vital air (of which five are reckoned, viz. prāṇa, apāna, samāna, udāna, and vyāna); morbid affection of the windy humor.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine

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2. vāyú (von 3. vā) adj. matt, müde: te vā̱yave̱ manàve bādhi̱tāyāvā̀sayannu̱ṣasa̱ṃ sūryèṇa ṚV. 7,91,1. Der Vers ist durch Missverstehen des vāyave an seine Stelle gekommen.

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3. vāyú (von vī) adj. 1〉 appetens: vā̱yavàḥ sthopā̱yavàḥ stha TS. 1,1,1,1. VS. 1,1. Kälber sind angeredet: ihr seid Näscher, seid zudringlich; deshalb trennt man sie von den Müttern. = gantāraḥ Comm. zu TS. — 2〉 etwa (zum Genuss) einladend, appetitlich: va̱na̱rṣadò vā̱yavo̱ na somā̀ḥ ṚV. 10,46,7. ye vā̱yavà (d. i. ˚vaḥ, nicht ˚ve, wie Padapāṭha padap. annimmt) indra̱mādànāsaḥ ṚV. 7,92,4.

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1. vāyú (von 2. vā) UṆĀDIS. 1,1. m. 1〉 Wind, Luft; personif. der Gott des Windes (häufig mit Indra zusammen angerufen; s. ṚV. 1,134. fg. ṚV. 2,41. ṚV. 7,90. fg. ṚV. 7,92) NAIGH. 5,4. NIR. 10,1. AK. 1,1,1,57. H. 21. H. 1106. HALĀY. 1,75. HALĀY. 5,61. HALĀY. 5,70. somàḥ śu̱kro vā̱yavè 'yāmi ṚV. 7,64,5. indro̱ yo vā̱yunā̱ jayàti̱ gomàtīṣu ṚV. 4,21,4. pra vò vā̱yuṃ ràtha̱yujàṃ kṛṇudhvam ṚV. 5,41,6. Indra-Vāyu ? ṚV. 4,36,3. fgg. ṚV. 7,90,7. fgg. ṚV. 7,91,2. fgg. pl. ṚV. 8,7,3. ṚV. 8,4,17. pra vā̱yavàḥ pā̱ntyagràṇītim ṚV. 2,11,14. yāṃ diśaṃ vāyureti tāṃ diśaṃ vṛṣṭiranveti ŚAT. BR. 8,2,3,5. mlocanti hyanyā devatā na vāyuḥ ŚAT. BR. 14,4,3,33. yo vai vāyuḥ sa indro ya indraḥ sa vāyuḥ ŚAT. BR. 4,1,3,19. TS. 2,1,1,1. TS. 7,1,5,1. TS. 7,5,19,2. ˚sama PĀR. GṚHY. 2,17. balamāhārayāmāsa yadvāyorjagataḥ kṣaye MBH. 1,6030. yāṃ na vāyurnādityaḥ purā paśyati me priyām MBH. 3,2353. vāyunā dhūyamāno hi vanaṃ dahati pāvakaḥ MBH. 3,2733. śīta MEGH. 43. vāyau sarati MEGH. 54. caṇḍavega VARĀH. BṚH. S. 25,5. pūrva VARĀH. BṚH. S. 27,1. āgneya VARĀH. BṚH. S. 2. dakṣiṇa VARĀH. BṚH. S. 3. nairṛta VARĀH. BṚH. S. 4. vāyavya VARĀH. BṚH. S. 6. uttara VARĀH. BṚH. S. 7. aiśāna VARĀH. BṚH. S. 8. śiva BHĀG. P. 3,15,38. ye vāyavaḥ sapta MBH. 13,1005. HARIV. 2479. HARIV. 9494. ākāśāttu vikurvāṇātsarvagandhavahaḥ śuciḥ . balavāñjāyate vāyuḥ sa vai sparśaguṇo mataḥ .. Luft M. 1,76. vāyorvikurvāṇādvirociṣṇu tamonudam . jyotirutpadyate M. 77. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 225,a, No. 549. yathā vāyuṃ samāśritya vartante sarvajantavaḥ M. 3,77. vāyorākarṣaṇam das Einathmen von Luft AMṚTAN. UP._in_Ind. St. 9,26. utkṣipya vāyum, vāyurgrahītavyaḥ Ind. St. 27. tatra śvāso nāma bāhyasya vāyorantarānayanam praśvāsaḥ punaḥ kauṣṭhasya bahirniḥsāraṇam SARVADARŚANAS. 174,13. fgg. vāyuṃ pītvā MBH. 13,360. bhujago vāyumaśnāti PAÑCAT. 184,11. yatra kanyāntaḥpure vāyuṃ muktvā nānyasya praveśo 'sti PAÑCAT. 44,11. unter den fünf Elementen NYĀYAS. 1,1,13. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 240,b,3. SARVADARŚANAS. 106,3. SARVADARŚANAS. 176,1. fgg. ˚dhātu SARVADARŚANAS. 21,6. vāyuḥ khāt Hauch VS. PRĀT. 1,6. ĪŚOP. 17. fünf Winde in Körper AK. 1,1,1,59. SĀṂKHYAK. 29. HARIV. 2479. HARIV. 9494. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 225,b, No. 549. in der Medicin (wie vāta u. s. w.) SUŚR. 1,23,10. SUŚR. 1,48,4. SUŚR. 1,80,1. vāyunākrāntadehaḥ so v. a. vāyurogeṇākrānta˚ KATHĀS. 64,14. — gāthā vāyugītāḥ M. 9,42. MBH. 1,7682. vāyurantarīkṣādabhāṣata MBH. 3,2991. vāyorastram MBH. 3,12020. SUŚR. 1,19,18. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 43,44. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,64 (Luftgott). VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,63. gandhānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāmaśarīriṇām . śabdākāśavalānāṃ (kāla st. ākāśa die neuere Ausg.) ca vāyurīśastadā kṛtaḥ .. HARIV. 12493. HARIV. 265. Fürst der Gandharva VP. 153, N. 1. tataḥ prabhañjano vāyurbrahmaṇā coditaḥ . mā śabda iti sarvatra pracakrāmātha tāṃ sabhām .. HARIV. 2911. Wagenlenker des Feuers HARIV. 2480. RAGH. 3,37. ˚matanibarhaṇa Verz. d. Oxf. H. 250,b,39. Regent des Nakṣatra Svāti WEBER, JYOT. 94. Nax. 2,300. Nax. 2,373. Hüter von Nordwest H. 169. pl. die Marut KATHĀS. 115,57. MĀRK. P. 128,28. deren neunundvierzig H. ś. 5. sg. N. eines der Marut R. 1,47,5. MIT. 142,12. eines Vasu HARIV. 11540. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 312. — vāyupraṇetra ŚAT. BR. 4,4,1,5. ˚citi ŚAT. BR. 8,4,4,12. vāyorabhikrandaḥ N. eines Sāman LĀṬY. 7,3,11. Ind. St. 3,235,a. vāyoranantyam, ādityam, aiṣiram, param, parāṇam, bhāsam, vikarma, vratam, sparam, svaram und svargyam desgl. Ind. St. ebend. — 2〉 N. pr. eines Daitya HARIV. 2285. HARIV. 14288. — 3〉 Bez. des 4ten Muhūrta Ind. St. 10,296. — 4〉 mystische Bez. des Buchstabens ya WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 317. fg. — Vgl. mahā˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

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2. vāyú Adj. matt, müde.

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3. vāyú Adj. — 1〉 appetens, naschhaft = gantar Comm. — 2〉 etwa zum Genuss einladend, appetitlich.

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1. vāyú m. — 1〉 Wind, Luft. Ist eines der fünf Elemente; im System werden sieben Winde angenommen. — 2〉 der Gott des Windes, — der Luft, Pl. so v. a. die Marut. — 3〉 Hauch. — 4〉 die fünf Winde im Körper sind: prāṇa, apāna, vyāna, udāna, samāna oder nāga, kūrma, kṛkara, devadatta und dhanaṃjaya Chr. 263,10. Chr. 264,20. Chr. 264,33. — 5〉 in der Medicin einer der humores des Leibes und eine zu diesem humor in Beziehung stehende Krankheitserscheinung. — 6〉 der Wind als eine Art Kobold, der die Menschen verwirrt, KĀD. 119,22 (214,4). KĀD. 255,11 (417,9). VIKRAMĀṄKAC. 14,49. Vgl. vāyugrasta. — 7〉 Bez. des 4ten Muhūrta. — 8〉 mystische Bez. des Lautes ya. — 9〉 N. pr. — a〉 eines Marut. — b〉 eines Vasu. — c〉 eines Daitya.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

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vāyuḥ [vā-uṇ yuka ca Uṇ. 1. 1] 1 Air, wind; vāyurvidhunayati caṃpakapuṣpareṇūn K.R.; ākāśāttu vikurvāṇātsarvagaṃdhavahaḥ śuciḥ . balavāñjāyate vāyuḥ sa vai sparśaguṇo mataḥ .. Ms. 1. 76. (There are seven courses of wind one above the other: — āvahaḥ pravahaścaiva saṃvahaścodvahastathā . vivahākhyaḥ parivahaḥ parāvaha iti kramāt). 2 The god of wind, the deity supposed to preside over wind, (who is the regent of the north-west quarter.). 3 A lifewind or vital air, of which five kinds are enumerated: — prāṇa, apāna, samāna, vyāna, and udāna. 4 Morbid affection or vitiation of the windy humour. Comp. — āspadaṃ the sky, atmosphere. — ketuḥ dust. — koṇaḥ the north-west. — gaṃḍaḥ flatulence (caused by indigestion). — gati a. swift as wind, very fleet. — gulmaḥ 1 a hurricane, storm. 2 a whirlpool. — gocaraḥ the range of the wind. — grasta a. 1 affected by wind, flatulent. 2 gouty. — jātaḥ, -tanayaḥ, naṃdanaḥ, -putraḥ, -sutaḥ, -sūnuḥ epithets of Hanumat or Bhīma. — dāruḥ a cloud. — nighna a. affected by wind, crazy, mad, frantic. — nivṛttiḥ f. 1 a lull, calm. 2 cure of windy distempers (such as gout &c.). — purāṇaṃ N. of one of the 18 Purāṇas. — phalaṃ 1 hail. 2 the rainbow. — bhakṣaḥ, -bhakṣaṇaḥ, — bhuj m. 1 one who feeds only on air, as an ascetic. 2 a snake; cf. pavanāśana. — roṣā night. — rugṇa a. broken down by wind; R. 9. 63. — vartman m., n. the sky, atmosphere. — vāhaḥ smoke. — vāhinī a vein, an artery, a vessel of the body. — vega, sama a. swift as wind. — sakhaḥ, ([Page 0960-c]) — sakhiḥ m. fire.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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1. vāyú m. Wind u. Gott des Windes, Luft, Hauch; Wind im Körper (5 angen.).

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2. vāyú matt, müde.

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3. vāyú begehrlich (act. u. pass.).

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

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vāyu vāyu m. (vā; sfx. yu) vent, le Vent personnifié. L'air vital, cf. vāta. vāyuketu m. poussière. vāyugaṇḍa m. mauvaise digestion, flatuosités. vāyugulma m. tourbillon de vent; ouragan. vāyudāru m. nuage. vāyuputra m. Bhīma, fils de Vāyu. vāyuphala n. grêle. Arc-en-ciel. vāyubhakṣa a. (bhakṣ) qui se nourrit de vent. — S. m. serpent. vāyuroṣā f. la nuit. vāyuvartman m. l'atmosphère. vāyuvāha m. (vah) fumée, vapeur. vāyuvāhinī f. vaisseau aérien [artère] t. de méd. vāyuvega a. rapide comme le vent. vāyusakha m. (sakhi) le feu; Agni. vāyvāspada n. (āspada) l'atmosphère.

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