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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्राणprāṇa1 Breath, respiration.
    1. 1 Breath, respiration.
    2. The breath of life, vitality, life, vital air, principle of life (usually Plural in this sense, the Prāṇas being five; प्राण, अपान, समान, व्यान and उदान); प्राणैरुपक्रोशमलीमसैर्वा R.2.53;12.54; (हृदि प्राणो गुदेऽपानः समानो नाभिसंस्थितः । उदानः कण्ठदेशस्थो व्यानः सर्वशरीरगः ॥).
    3. The first of the five life-winds or vital airs (which has its seat in the lungs); अपाने जुह्वति प्राणं प्राणेऽपानं तथापरे । प्राणापानगती रुद्ध्वा प्राणायाम- परायणाः ॥ Bg.4.29.
    4. Wind, air inhaled.
    5. Energy, vigour, strength, power; as in प्राणसार quod vide, which see; युद्धातिथ्यं प्रदास्यामि यथाप्राणं निशाचर Rām.3.5.28; Bhāg.8.2.29; सर्वप्राणप्रवणमघवन्मुक्तमाहत्य वक्षः Mv.1.45.
    6. The spirit or soul (Opposite of शरीर).
    7. The Supreme Spirit; इमानि भूतानि प्राणमेवाभिसंविशन्ति Bṛi. Up.1.11.5.
    8. An organ of sense; स्पृष्ट्वैतानशुचिर्नित्यमद्भिः प्राणानुपस्पृशेत् । गात्राणि चैव सर्वाणि नाभिं पाणितलेन तु ॥ Ms.4.143; मरीचिमिश्रा ऋषयः प्राणेभ्योऽहं च जज्ञिरे Bhāg.1.6.31.
    9. Any person or thing as dear and necessary as life, a beloved person or object; कोशः कोशवतः प्राणाः प्राणाः प्राणा न भूपतेः H.2.9; अर्थपतेर्विमर्दको बहिश्चराः प्राणाः Dk.
    10. The life or essence of poetry, poetical talent or genius; inspiration.
    11. Aspiration; as in महाप्राण or अल्पप्राण quod vide, which see
    12. Digestion.
    13. A breath as a measure of time.
    14. Gum-myrrh.
    15. Life, living (जीवन); दैवं च दैवसंयुक्तं प्राणश्च प्राणदश्च ह । अपेक्षापूर्वकरणादशुभानां शुभं फलम् ॥ Mb.12.36.14.
    16. Food (अन्न); अनस्तिकानां भूतानां प्राणदाः पितरश्च ये Mb.12.12.4.
    17. Name of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and other gods.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अतिपातः killing a living being, taking away life.

    • -अत्ययः loss of life.

    • -अधिक

      1. Adjective
      2. dearer than life.
      3. superior in strength or vigour.

    • -अधिनाथः a husband.

    • -अधिपः the soul.

    • -अन्तः death; capital punishment; अब्राह्मणः संग्रहणे प्राणान्तं दण्डमर्हति Ms.8.359.

    • -अन्तिक

      1. Adjective
      2. fatal, mortal.
      3. lasting to the end of life, ending with life.
      4. dangerous.
      5. capital (as a sentence); अज्ञानात् वारुणीं पीत्वा संस्कारेणैव शुद्ध्यति । मतिपूर्वमनिर्देश्यं प्राणान्तिकमिति स्थितिः ॥ Ms. 11.146. (-कम्) murder.

    • -अपहारिन् Adjective fatal, destructive to life.

    • -अपानम्, -नौ air inhaled and exhaled; प्राणापाना- न्तरे देवी वाग्वै नित्यं प्रतिष्ठिता Mañjūṣā.

    • -अयनम् an organ of sense; (सुप्तिमूर्च्छोपतापेषु प्राणायनविघाततः । नेहतेऽहमिति ज्ञानं मृत्युप्रज्वारयोरपि ॥ Bhāg.4.29.72.

    • -आघातः destruction of life, killing a living being; प्राणाघातान्निवृत्तिः Bh.3.63.

    • -आचार्यः a physician to a king.

    • -आत्मन् Masculine the vital or animal soul.

    • -आद Adjective fatal, mortal, causing death.

    • -आबाधः injury to life; प्राणाबाधयुक्तास्वापत्सु Kau. Atmanepada 1.8.

    • -आयामः restraining or suspending the breath during the mental recitation of the names or attributes of a deity.

    • -आहुतिः

      1. Feminine an oblation to the five Prāṇas. ईशः, ईश्वरः a lover, husband; नीचैः शंस हृदि स्थितो हि ननु मे प्राणेश्वरः श्रोष्यति Amaru.67; बाला लोलविलोचना शिव शिव प्राणेशमालोकते Bv.2.57.
      2. wind.

    • -ईशा, -ईश्वरी a wife, beloved, mistress.

    • -उत्क्रमणम्, -उत्सर्गः departure of the soul, death.

    • -उपहारः food.

    • -कर Adjective refreshing or reviving the spirits; सद्यो मांसं नवान्नं च बाला स्त्री क्षीरभोजनम् । क्षीर- मुष्णोदकं चैव सद्यः प्राणकराणि षट् ॥ Chāṇakya.

    • -कर्मन् Neuter Vital function.

    • -कृच्छ्रम्, -बाधा peril of life, a danger to life.

    • -ग्रहः the nose.

    • -घातक Adjective destructive to life.

    • -घोषः the sound from the ears when the fingers are put therein; छिद्रप्रतीतिश्छायायां प्राणघोषानुपश्रुतिः Bhāg.1.42.29.

    • -घ्नः Adjective fatal, life-destroying.

    • -चयः increase of strength.

    • -छिद्

      1. Adjective
      2. murderous.
      3. destructive.

    • -छेदः murder.

    • -त्यागः

      1. suicide; वरं प्राणत्यागो न च पिशुनवाक्येष्वभिरुचिः H.1.
      2. death.

    • -द

      1. Adjective life-giving.
      2. (दम्) water.
      3. blood.
      4. (दः) Viṣṇu.
      5. Brahmā.
      6. Terminalia Tomentosa (Marâthî ऐन).

    • -दा Terminalia Chebula (Marâthî हिरडा).

    • -दक्षिणा gift of life; प्राणदक्षिणां दा 'to grant one his life'.

    • -दण्डः capital punishment.

    • -दयितः a husband.

    • -दातृ Adjective 'life-giver', saviour, deliverer.

    • -दानम्

      1. resigning life.
      2. the gift of life, saving one's life.

    • -दुरोदरम्, -द्यूतम् fighting for life.

    • -दृह् Adjective Sustaining or prolonging the breath.

    • -द्रोहः an attempt upon any body's life.

    • -धार Adjective living, animate. (-रः) a living being.

    • -धारणम्

      1. maintenance or support of life.
      2. vitality.
      3. a means of supporting life.

    • -नाथः

      1. a lover, husband.
      2. an epithet of Yama.

    • -निग्रहः restraint of breath, checking the breath.

    • -पतिः

      1. a lover, husband.
      2. the soul; बुद्धिं समाच्छाद्य च मे समान्युरुद्भूयते प्राणपतिः शरीरे Mb.3. 269.4.
      3. a physician.

    • -पत्नी the voice.

    • -परिक्रयः staking one's life.

    • -परिक्षीण Adjective one whose life is drawing to a close.

    • -परिग्रहः possession of life, life, existence.

    • -प्रद, -दायक, -दायिन् Adjective restoring or saving life.

    • -प्रयाणम् departure of life, death.

    • -प्रियः 'as dear as life', a lover, husband.

    • -भक्ष Adjective feeding on air only.

    • -भास्वत् Masculine the ocean.

    • -भृत्

      1. Adjective possessed of life, living, animate, sentient. (-Masculine) a living being; अन्तर्गतं प्राणभृतां हि वेद R.2.43.
      2. Name of Viṣṇu.

    • -मोक्षणम्

      1. departure of life, death.
      2. suicide.

    • -यमः Equivalent to प्राणायाम quod vide, which see

    • -यात्रा

      1. support of life; maintenance, livelihood; पिण्डपात- मात्रप्राणयात्रां भगवतीम् Māl.1.
      2. the act of breathing.

    • -यात्रिक requisite for subsistence; प्राणयात्रिकमात्रः स्यात् Ms.6.57.

    • -योनिः

      1. the Supreme Being.
      2. wind. (-Feminine) the source of life.

    • -रन्ध्रम्

      1. the mouth.
      2. a nostril.

    • -रोधः

      1. suppressing the breath.
      2. danger to life.

    • -वल्लभा a mistress, wife.

    • -विद्या the science of breath or vital airs.

    • -विनाशः, -विप्लवः loss of life, death.

    • -वियोगः separation of the soul from the body, death.

    • -वृत्तिः Feminine a vital function.

    • -व्ययः cost or sacrifice of life.

    • -शरीरः the Supreme Being; स क्रतुं कुर्वीत मनोमयः प्राणशरीरः Ch. Up.

    • -संयमः suspension of breath.

    • -संशयः, -संकटम्, -संदेहः risk or danger to life, peril of life, a very great peril.

    • -संहिता a manner of reciting the Vedic text.

    • -सद्मन् Neuter the body.

    • -सम Adjective as dear as life. (-मः) a husband, lover. (-मा) a wife; नूनं प्राणसमावियोगविधुरः स्तम्बेरमस्ताम्यति Māl.9.33.

    • -सार Adjective 'having life as the essence', full of strength and vigour, muscular; गिरिचर इव नागः प्राणसारं (गात्रं) विभर्ति Ś.2.4.

    • -हर, -हारिन्

      1. Adjective causing death, taking away life, fatal; पुरो मम प्राणहरो भविष्यसि Gīt.7.
      2. capital.

    • -हारक Adjective fatal. (-कम्) a kind of deadly poison.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. प्राणprāṇa(in comp.)
    1. (in compound)
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (for 2. see page and participle 705, column 1 .) filled, full Lexicographers
    3. masculine gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).; for 1. see under √प्रा, page and participle701) the breath of life, breath, respiration spirit vitality
    4. masculine gender plural life fg-veda etc. (प्रा*णान् with √मुच् or √हा or परि- √त्यज्, "to resign or quit life"; with √रक्ष्, "to save l life"; with नि-√हन्, "to destroy l life"; त्वम् मे प्रा*णः, "thou art to me as dear as l life"; often in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'; confer, compare पति-, मा*न-प्र्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    5. masculine gender a vital organ vital air (3 in number, viz. प्रा*ण, अपा*न and व्यान AitBr. TUp. Sus3r.; usually 5, viz. the preceding with सम्-आन and, उद्-आन S3Br. MBh. Sus3r. etc. confer, compare MWB. 242; or with the other vital organs 6 S3Br.; or 7 AV. Breton Mun2d2Up.; or 9 AV. TS. Breton; or 10 S3Br.; plural the 5 organs of vitality or sensation, viz. प्रा*ण, वाच्, चक्षुस्, श्रोत्र, मनस्, collectively ChUp. ii, 7, i; or Equivalent to nose, mouth, eyes and ears GopBr. S3rS. Mn. iv, 143)
    6. masculine gender air inhaled, wind AV. S3Br.
    7. masculine gender breath (as a sign of strength), vigour, energy, power MBh. R. etc. (सर्वप्रा*णेन or -प्रा*णैः, "with all one's strength" or "all one's heart"; confer, compare यथा-प्रा*णम्)
    8. masculine gender a breath (as a measure of time, or the t time requisite for the pronunciation of 10 long syllables Equivalent to 1/6 Vina1d2ika1 विनाडिका) Var. A1ryabh. VP.
    9. masculine gender Name of a Kalpa कल्प (the 6th day in the light half of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा 's month) Pur.
    10. masculine gender (in Sa1m2khya सांख्य) the spirit (Equivalent to पुरुष) Tattvas.
    11. masculine gender (in Veda7nta वेदान्त) the spirit identified with the totality of dreaming spirits Veda7ntas. RTL. 35 (confer, compare प्राणा*त्मन्)
    12. masculine gender poetical inspiration W.
    13. masculine gender myrrh Lexicographers
    14. masculine gender a Name of the letter य् Up.
    15. masculine gender of a Sa1man सामन् Ta1n2d2Br. (वसिष्ठस्य प्रा*णा*पा*नौ A1rshBr.)
    16. masculine gender of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा Lexicographers
    17. masculine gender of Vishn2u विष्णु RTL. 106
    18. masculine gender of a Vasu वसु BhP.
    19. masculine gender of a son of the Vasu वसु Dhara धर Hariv.
    20. masculine gender of a Marut मरुत् Ya1jn5. Scholiast or Commentator
    21. masculine gender of a son of Dha1tr2i धातृ Pur.
    22. masculine gender of a son of Vidha1tr2i विधातृ BhP.
    23. masculine gender of a R2ishi ऋषि in the 2nd Manv-antara मन्व्-अन्तर Hariv.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. प्राणprāṇa[pra ͜ aná] m. breath; vital spirit (pl. life); vital air (five are generally assumed; but three, six, seven…

    [pra ͜ aná] masculine breath; vital spirit (plural life); vital air (five are generally assumed; but three, six, seven, nine, and even ten are also spoken of); specifically inhaled air; breath of air, wind; breath as a measure of time (requisite for pronouncing ten long sylla bles); vigour, energy, power; soul (in the Sâmkhya philosophical term); intelligence associated with totality (Vedânta); sign of vitality (plural); organ of sense (mouth, nose, eyes, and ears: plural); noun; --˚, adjective Equivalent to loving -as dearly as life, or having one's life dependent on --: -kara, adjective invigorating; -karman, neuter vital function; -krikkhra, neuter danger to life; -ghna, adjective life destroying, deadly; -khid, adjective cutting life short, fatal; -kkheda, masculine destruction of life, murder; -tyâga, masculine abandonment of life, suicide; death.

    Source: Macdonell

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