प्राण [ prāṇa ] [ prāṇá ]2 m. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) . ; for 1. see under √ [ prā ] , p.701) the breath of life , breath , respiration spirit vitality

  pl. life Lit. RV. ( [ 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. [ prāṇa ] , [ apāna ] and [ vyāna ] Lit. AitBr. Lit. TUp. Lit. Suśr. ; usually 5 , viz. the preceding with [ sam-āna ] and , [ ud-āna ] Lit. ŚBr. Lit. MBh. Lit. Suśr. cf. Lit. MWB. 242 ; or with the other vital organs 6 Lit. ŚBr. ; or 7 Lit. AV. Lit. Br. Lit. MuṇḍUp. ; or 9 Lit. AV. Lit. TS. Lit. Br. ; or 10 Lit. ŚBr. ; pl. the 5 organs of vitality or sensation , viz. [ prāṇa ] , [ vāc ] , [ cakṣus ] , [ śrotra ] , [ manas ] , collectively Lit. ChUp. ii , 7 , i ; or = nose , mouth , eyes and ears Lit. GopBr. Lit. ŚrS. Lit. Mn. iv , 143)

  air inhaled , wind Lit. AV. Lit. ŚBr.

  breath (as a sign of strength) , vigour , energy , power Lit. MBh. Lit. R. ( [ 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) Lit. Var. Lit. Āryabh. Lit. VP.

  N. of a Kalpa (the 6th day in the light half of Brahmā's month) Lit. Pur.

  (in Sāṃkhya) the spirit (= [ puruṣa ] ) Lit. Tattvas.

  (in Vedânta) the spirit identified with the totality of dreaming spirits Lit. Vedântas. Lit. RTL. 35 ( cf. [ prāṇātman ] )

  poetical inspiration Lit. W.

  myrrh Lit. L.

  a N. of the letter [ y ] Lit. Up.

  of a Sāman Lit. TāṇḍBr. ( [ vasiṣṭhasya prāṇāpānau ] Lit. ĀrshBr.)

  of Brahmā Lit. L.

  of Vishṇu Lit. RTL. 106

  of a Vasu Lit. BhP.

  of a son of the Vasu Dhara Lit. Hariv.

  of a Marut Lit. Yājñ. Sch.

  of a son of Dhātṛi Lit. Pur.

  of a son of Vidhātṛi Lit. BhP.

  of a Ṛishi in the 2nd Manv-antara Lit. Hariv.