mfn. (for 2. See p. 705, col. 1.) filled, full, [L.]
prāṇá m. (ifc. f(A). ; for 1. See under √ prā, p. 701) the breath of life, breath, respiration, spirit, vitality
pl. life, [RV.] &c. &c. (prāṇān with √ muc or √ hā or pari-√ tyaj, ‘to resign or quit life’; with √ rakṣ, ‘to save life’; with ni-√ han, ‘to destroy life’; tvam me prāṇaḥ, ‘thou art to me as dear as life’; often ifc.; cf. pati-, māna-pr°)
a vital organ vital air (3 in number, viz. , apāna and vyāna, [AitBr.]; [TUp.]; [Suśr.]; usually 5, viz. the preceding with sam-āna and ud-āna, [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [Suśr.] &c. cf. [MWB. 242]; or with the other vital organs 6 [ŚBr.]; or 7 [AV.]; [Br.]; [MuṇḍUp.]; or 9 [AV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; or 10 [ŚBr.]; pl. the 5 organs of vitality or sensation, viz. , vāc, cakṣus, śrotra, manas, collectively, [ChUp. ii, 7, i]; or = nose, mouth, eyes and ears, [GopBr.]; [ŚrS.]; [Mn. iv, 143])
air inhaled, wind, [AV.]; [ŚBr.]
breath (as a sign of strength), vigour, energy, power, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. (sarvaprāṇena or -prāṇaiḥ, ‘with all one's strength’ or ‘all one's heart’; cf. yathā-prāṇam)
a breath (as a measure of time, or the time requisite for the pronunciation of 10 long syllables = 1/6 Vināḍikā), [Var.]; [Āryabh.]; [VP.]
N. of a Kalpa (the 6th day in the light half of Brahmā's month), [Pur.]
(in Sāṃkhya) the spirit (= puruṣa), [Tattvas.]
(in Vedānta) the spirit identified with the totality of dreaming spirits, [Vedāntas.]; [RTL. 35] (cf. prāṇātman)
poetical inspiration, [W.]
myrrh, [L.]
a N. of the letter y, [Up.]
of a Sāman, [TāṇḍBr.] (vasiṣṭhasya prāṇāpānau, [ĀrṣBr.])
of Brahmā, [L.]
of Viṣṇu, [RTL. 106]
of a Vasu, [BhP.]
of a son of the Vasu Dhara, [Hariv.]
of a Marut, [Yājñ., Sch.]
of a son of Dhātṛ, [Pur.]
of a son of Vidhātṛ, [BhP.]
of a Ṛṣi in the 2nd Manv-antara, [Hariv.]