prARaH 1 Breath, respiration. 2 The breath of life, vitality, life, vital air, principle of life (usually pl. in this sense, the Prāṇas being five; prARa , apAna, samAna, vyAna and udAna ); prARErupakroSamalamisErvA R. 2. 53 ; 12. 54 ; ( hadi prARo gude'pAnaH samAno nABisaMsTitaH . udAnaH kaMWadeSasTo vyAnaH sarvaSarIragaH .. ). 3 The first of the five life-winds or vital airs (which has its seat in the lungs); Bg. 4. 29. 4 Wind, air inhaled. 5 Energy, vigour, strength, power; as in prARasAra q. v. 6 The spirit or soul ( opp. SarIra ). 7 The Supreme Spirit. 8 An organ of sense; Ms. 4. 143. 9 Any person or thing as dear and necessary as life, a beloved person or object; koSaH koSavataH prARAH prARAH prARA na BUpateH H. 2. 92 ; arTapatervimardako bahiScarAH prARAH Dk. 10 The life or essence of poetry, poetical talent or genius; inspiration. 11 Aspiration; as in mahAprARa or alpaprARa q. v. 12 Digestion. 13 A breath as a measure of time. 14 Gum-myrrh. Comp. — atipAtaH killing a living being, taking away life. — atyayaH loss of life. — aDika a. 1 dearer than life. 2 superior in strength or vigour. — aDinATaH a husband. — aDipaH the soul. — aMtaH death. — aMtika a. 1 fatal, mortal. 2 lasting to the end of life, ending with life. 3 dangerous. 4 capital ( pb ) (as a sentence). — (kaM) murder. — apahArin a. fatal, destructive to life. — apAnaM -nO air inhaled and exhaled. — ayanaM an organ of sense. — AGAtaH destruction of life, killing a living being; Bh. 3. 63. — AcAryaH a physician to a king. — Atman m. the vital or animal soul. — Ada a. fatal, mortal, causing death. — AbADaH injury to life. — AyAmaH restraining or suspending the breath during the mental recitation of the names or attributes of a deity. — AhutiH f. an oblation to the five Prāṇas. — ISaH , — ISvaraH 1 a lover, husband; Amaru. 67 ; Bv. 2. 57. 2 wind. — ISA , — ISvarI a wife, beloved, mistress. — utkramaRaM, -utsargaH departure of the soul, death. — upahAraH food. — kara a. refreshing or reviving the spirits. — kfcCraM, -bADA peril of life, a danger to life. — grahaH the nose. — GAtaka a. destructive to life. — Gna a. fatal, lifedestroying. — Cid a. 1 murderous. 2 destructive. — CedaH murder. — tyAgaH 1 suicide; varaM prARatyAgo na ca piSunavAkyezvaBiruciH H. 1. 2 death. — da a. life-giving. — (daM) 1 water. 2 blood. — (daH) Viṣṇu. — dakziRA gift of life; prARadakziRAM dA ‘to grant one his life’. — daMqaH capital punishment. — dayitaH a husband. — dAtf a. ‘life-giver’, saviour, deliverer. — dAnaM 1 resigning life. 2 the gift of life, saving one's life. — durodaraM, -dyUtaM fighting for life. — drohaH an attempt upon any body's life. — DAra a. living, animate. — (raH) a living being. — DAraRaM 1 maintenance or support of life. 2 vitality. 3 a means of supporting life. — nATaH 1 a lover, husband. 2 an epithet of Yama. — nigrahaH restraint of breath, checking the breath. — patiH 1 a lover, husband. 2 the soul. — patnI the voice. — parikrayaH staking one's life. — parigrahaH possession of life, life, existence. — prada , — dAyaka, -dAyin a. restoring or saving life. — prayARaM departure of life, death. — priyaH ‘as dear as life’, a lover, husband. — Bakza a. feeding on air only. — BAsvat m. the ocean. — Bft a. possessed of life, living, animate, sentient. ( — m. ) a living being; aMtargataM prARaBftAM hi veda R. 2. 43. 2 N. of Viṣṇu. — mokzaRaM 1 departure of ( pb ) life, death. 2 suicide. — yamaH = prARAyAma q. v. — yAtrA 1 support of life; maintenance, livelihood; piMqapAtamAtraprARayAtrAM BagavatIM Māl. 1. 2 the act of breathing. — yoniH 1 the Supreme being. 2 wind. ( — f. ) the source of life. — raMDraM 1 the mouth. 2 a nostril. — roDaH 1 suppressing the breath. 2 danger to life. — vinASaH, -viplavaH loss of life, death. — viyogaH separation of the soul from the body, death. — vfttiH f. a vital function. — vyayaH cost or sacrifice of life. — SarIraH the Supreme being. — saMyamaH suspension of breath. — saMSayaH , — saMkawaM, -saMdehaH risk or danger to life, peril of life, a very great peril. — saMhitA a manner of reciting the Vedic text. — sadman n. the body. — sama a. as dear as life — (maH) a husband, lover. — (mA) a wife. — sAra a. ‘having life as the essence’, full of strength and vigour, muscular; giricara iva nAgaH prARasAraM (gAtraM) biBarti Ś. 2. 4. — hara -hArin a. 1 causing death, taking away life, fatal; puro mama prARaharo Bavizyasi Gīt. 7. 2 capital. — hAraka a. fatal. — (kaM) a kind of deadly poison.