m. hissing, snorting, panting, [R.]; [Kathās.]; [BhP.]
respiration, breath (also as a measure of time = prāṇa, asu), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
breathing or aspiration (in the pronunciation of consonants), [RPrāt., Introd.]
inspiration, [Sarvad.]
sighing, a sigh, [Śak.]; [Sāh.]
affection of the breath, hard breathing, asthma (of which there are five kinds, viz. kṣudra, tamaka, chinna, mahat, and ūrdhva), [Suśr.]