prARa
prāṇa , m. (= Pali pāṇa; cf. next; Skt. only prāṇin), ( 1 ) usually, living being, creature , in very inclusive sense: SP 27.15 ; LV 394.19 (bahuprāṇakoṭyaḥ, all mss. ); Mv i.3.3 (prāṇa-koṭīṣu); 13.14 (pīḍayanti bahu prāṇāṃ); 128.8 (prāṇāṃ jīvitād vyaparopayanti); 145.8 ; 247.1 ; ii.6.2 ( vs , prāṇeṣu, for prāṇiṣu, same vs , i.202.5 ); ( 2 ) rarely, animal (excluding human and superhuman beings), see prāṇaka 2: ye te sthalacarāḥ prāṇā … sarvāṇi prāṇaka- (NB!)-jātīni samānetha … ye kecij jalacarā prāṇāḥ … sarvabhūtehi yajñaṃ yajiṣyāmi Mv ii.95.9—11 ; note at end of this story, te sarve prāṇaka-jātīyo … osṛṣṭā 99.17 ; ( 3 ) once even more specifically of insects , = prāṇaka 3 : niḥprāṇenodakena Mmk 37.19 (prose).