# प्राणमय (prāṇamaya)

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प्राणमय (prāṇamaya) is a Sanskrit word meaning consisting of breath or vital air, living, breathing, full of life, consisting of breath or life.

- **Etymology:** E. प्राण, and मयट् aff — E. prāṇa, and mayaṭ aff
- **SLP1:** `prARamaya`  **IAST:** prāṇamaya  **Devanagari:** प्राणमय
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/pranamaya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Consisting of/related to breath or life (7 definitions)
- consisting of breath or vital air  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 705,3] प्रा (prā) ण (ṇa) — मय (—maya) mf( ई (ī) )n. consisting of v° air or breath, ŚBr. [ ID=139621 ]
- Living, breathing  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्राणमय (prāṇamaya) [Printed book page 0772-b ] प्राणमय (prāṇamaya) a. Living, breathing
- Living, breathing, endowed with breath or life  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्राण (prāṇa) मय (prāṇamaya) [Printed book page 586 ] प्राण (prāṇa) मय (prāṇamaya) mfn. ( - यः - यी - यं (-yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) ) Living, breathing, endowed with breath or life. E. प्राण (prāṇa), and मयट् (mayaṭ) aff. [ ID=27018 ]
- Full of life  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्राणमय (prāṇamaya) [Printed book page 525-b ] प्राण - मय (prāṇa-maya) ( यः - यी - यं ) ((yaḥ-yī-yaṃ)) a. Full of life. [ ID=26516 ]
- Living, breathing, endowed with breath or life  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्राण (prāṇa) मय (prāṇamaya) [Printed book page 503-a ] प्राण (prāṇa) मय (prāṇamaya) mfn. ( - यः - यी - यं (-yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) ) Living, breathing, endowed with breath or life. E. प्राण (prāṇa) and मयट् (mayaṭ) aff. [ ID=27807 ]
- Consisting of breath or life.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्राणमय (prāṇamaya) [Printed book page 0613-a ] प्राणमय (prāṇamaya) prāṇa + maya, adj., f. yī, Consisting in breath or life. [ ID=9998 ]
- consisting of breath  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्राणमय (prāṇamaya) [Printed book page 350 ] प्राणमय (prāṇamaya) a. consisting of breath, breathing. [ ID=21238 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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