वायुvāyu

वायु (vāyu) is a Sanskrit word meaning wind or air as one of the five elements, the god of the wind, breathing or breath, a vital air of the body, the windy humour or any morbid affection of it, the wind as a kind of demon producing madness. Its 36 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Wind/Air (Physical Element & General Definitions), Proper Names (Individuals and Other Entities), Adjectival Meanings: Tired, Desirous.

Roots: 2. वा (2. vā), वै (vai), वी (vī), 1. वा (1. vā)
Etymology: E. वा to go, उण् Unādi aff., and युक् augment
Definitions: 36

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Meanings by context

Wind/Air (Physical Element & General Definitions)

11 definitions

wind or air as one of the five elements

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Wind, air, or the god of wind. 2. Breath or vital air. 3. Wind as a body humor. 4. A goblin confusing humans.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Air, wind, or its personified deity. 2. The air within the body. 3. Morbid affection of the windy humor.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Air or wind. 2. The air of the body or its morbid state.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Air or wind. 2. The deity presiding over wind. 3. A vital air. 4. Vitiation of the windy humor.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Air, wind, or its personified deity. 2. One of the five bodily vital airs. 3. Morbid affection of the wind humor.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Air or wind. 2. The air of the body. 3. A morbid affection of the windy humor.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Wind or air, especially vital air. 2. The god of wind, or in the plural, the Maruts.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

wind

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Air or wind. 2. The god of the wind. 3. The air of the body or a vital air. 4. A morbid affection of the windy humor.

वायु (vāyu) [Printed book page 0904-a]
वायु (vāyu) vāyu, us, m. (fr. rt. 2. vā), air, wind,

the god of the wind (often associated with Indra in the

Ṛg-veda, but not occupying a very prominent posi-

tion; in the Puruṣa-sūkta he is said to have sprung

from the breath of Puruṣa, and elsewhere is described

as the son-in-law of Tvaṣṭṛ; he is said to move in

a shining car drawn by a pair of red or purple horses

or by several teams consisting of ninety-nine or a

hundred or even a thousand horses; he is often

made to occupy the same chariot with Indra, and in

conjunction with him honoured with the first draught

of the Soma libation; he is rarely connected with

the Maruts, although in 1. 134, 4. he is said to have

begotten them from the rivers of heaven; he is

regent of the north-west quarter, see loka-pāla);

the air of the body, a vital air (of which five are

reckoned, viz. prāṇa, apāna, samāna, udāna,

and vyāna); morbid affection of the windy humor.

—Vāyu-ketu, us, m. ‘wind-sign,’ i. e. ‘sign of wind,’

dust. —Vāyu-keśa, as, ī, am, Ved. having hair

(waving) in the wind (said of the Gandharvas).

—Vāyu-koṇa, as, m. ‘wind-corner,’ the north-west.

—Vāyu-gaṇḍa, as, m. ‘wind-swelling,’ flatulence,

indigestion. —Vāyu-gati, is, is, i, going like the

wind, swift as the wind, fleet. —Vāyu-gīta, as, ā,

am, chanted by the breeze. —Vāyu-gulma, as, m.

‘wind-cluster,’ a whirlwind, hurricane; a whirlpool,

eddy. —Vāyu-gocara, as, m. the track or range of

the wind. —Vāyu-gopā, ās, ās, am, Ved. having

the Wind as protector. —Vāyu-grasta, as, ā, am,

‘wind-seized,’ affected by wind, flatulent, epileptic,

mad. —Vāyu-ghna, as, ī, am, ‘wind-destroying,’

curing windy disorders. —Vāyu-ja, ‘air-born,’ N.

of a tree. —Vāyu-jāta, as, m. ‘wind-born,’ epithet

of Hanu-mat. —Vāyu-tanaya or vāyu-nandana,

as, m. = vāyu-putra. —Vāyu-dāru, us, m. ‘air-

tearer, air-scatterer,’ a cloud. —Vāyu-nānā-tva, am,

n. diversity or multiplicity of air (said to be inferred

from the concurrence [sammūrchana] of two winds).

—Vāyu-nighna, as, ā, am, ‘subject to wind,’ mad,

frantic. —Vāyu-nivṛtti, is, f. ‘cessation of wind,’

a calm, lull; cure of windy disorders. —Vāyu-pañ-

caka, am, n. the set of five vital airs. —Vāyu-pa-
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ramāṇu, us, m. a primary aerial atom. —Vāyu-

putra, as, m. ‘son of the wind,’ epithet of

Bhīma; of Hanu-mat. —Vāyu-purāṇa, am, n.,

N. of one of the eighteen Purāṇas, (it is probably

one of the oldest, and is supposed to have been

revealed by the god Vāyu; it treats of the creation

of the world, the origin of the four classes, the

worship of Śiva, &c.) —Vāyu-phala, am, n. ‘wind-

fruit,’ the rainbow; hail. —Vāyu-bhakṣa, as, ā,

am, air-eating, fasting; (as), m. a snake; an ascetic.

—Vāyu-bhakṣaṇa, am, n. the act of eating or

living on air, fasting. —Vāyu-bhūta, as, ā, am, be-

come air, become like the wind; going everywhere

at will. —Vāyu-mārga, as, m. the path or track of

the wind. —Vāyu-rugṇa, as, ā, am, broken off by

the wind. —Vāyu-roṣā, f. ‘raging with wind,’

night. —Vāyu-lakṣaṇa, am, n. the character or

property of air (viz. touch). —Vāyu-vartman, ā, m.

‘wind-path,’ the atmosphere, sky, heaven. —Vāyu-

vāha, as, m. ‘having the wind for a vehicle,’ smoke,

vapour. —Vāyu-vāhinī, f. ‘wind-conveying,’ a vessel

of the body, artery, vein, nerve, &c. (supposed to con-

vey the aerial humor). —Vāyu-vega, as, m. the ve-

locity of the wind, a gust or blast of wind; (as, ā, am),

having the velocity of wind, fleet as the wind; (as),

m., N. of a son of Dhṛta-rāṣṭra. —Vāyuvega-sama,

as, ā, am, equal to the velocity of wind, swift as

the wind. —Vāyu-saṃhitā, f. the ‘Vāyu compen-

dium’ or collection of legends according to the Vāyu-

Purāṇa. —Vāyu-sakha, as, or vāyu-sakhi, khā, m.

‘wind-friend, having the wind for a friend,’ fire.

—Vāyu-sama, as, ā, am, equal to the wind, swift;

like air or wind, unsubstantial. —Vāyu-sambhava,

as, m. ‘wind-born,’ epithet of Hanu-mat. —Vāyu-

suta, as, m. = vāyu-putra above. —Vāyu-hīna,

as, ā, am, destitute of wind, having a deficiency of

the windy humor. —Vāyu-agni, ī, m. du. Vāyu

and Agni, the gods of wind and fire. —Vāyu-āspada,

am, n. ‘place or site of the wind,’ the atmosphere,

sky, ether. [ID=41897]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

1. A transformation of akasha having the qualities of sound and touch. 2. Prana, apana, and samana.

— The Purana Index

Proper Names (Individuals and Other Entities)

6 definitions

name of a Vasu

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a Daitya

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a king of the Gandharvas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a Marut

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Vasu, son of Dharma and Sudevi

— The Purana Index

1. A son of Anurhada. 2. The lord of sound, space, and strength. 3. The appointed father of Vrikodara. 4. Presented Skanda with the banners of the cuckoo and hen.

— The Purana Index

Adjectival Meanings: Tired, Desirous

5 definitions

tired, languid

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

desirous, greedy

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

desirable

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

tired, languid

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

desirous or desirable

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Deity Vāyu and Associated Deities

4 definitions

the god of the wind

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the Maruts

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the god of the wind

वायु (vāyu) [Printed book page 721-1]
*Vāyu¹, the god of the wind. § 4 (Anukram.): I, 1, 112 (all.

to § 190), 185 (do.).—§ 37 (Indra): I, 25, 1288 (Indra

identified with V.).—§ 46 (Garuḍa): I, 32, 1478, 1479.—

§ 134 (Viśvāmitra): I, 71, †2936 (assisted Menakā).—§ 190

(Pāṇḍavotpatti): I, 123, 4769, 4770 (Kuntī invoked V. who

begat Bhīmasena on her).—§ 221 (Caitrarathap.): I, 170,

6500 (among the fathers of the Pāṇḍavas).—§ 238 (Pañcen-

drop.): I, 197, †7302 (among those who should beget the

five Indras when they were re-born as the Pāṇḍavas).—§ 246

(Sundopasundop.): I, 211, 7682 (Agnir V°unā saha).—

§ 270 (Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11, 438 (in the palace of

Brahmán).—§ 283b (Agni): II, 31, 1149 (V°uḥ prāṇaṃ

dadātu me).—§ 317b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): III, 12, 481

(Kṛṣṇa becomes V., etc.).—§ 333c (Brahmaśiras): III, 40,

1651 (does not know the Brahmaśiras).—§ 353 (Nalopā-

khyānap.): III, 76, 2991, 2995 (bore witness to the truth

of Damayantī's words).—§ 425 (Hanūmad-Bhīmasaṃv.):

III, 147, 11193 (father of Hanūmat).—§ 430 (do.): III,

150, 11286 (°unā parirakṣitaḥ).—§ 433 (Saugandhikā-

haraṇa): III, 155, 11413 (°samaḥ, sc. Bhīmasena).—§ 438

(Yakṣayuddhap.): III, 162, 11818 (°oḥ, sc. sutaḥ, i.e.

Bhīmasena).—§ 443 (Nivātakavacayuddhap.): III, 168,

12020 (Arjuna learnt the use of weapons from V., etc.).—

§ 460 (Mārkaṇḍeyas.): III, 191, 13122 (°proktaṃ…

Purāṇaṃ).—§ 492 (Āṅgirasa): III, 220, 14162 (°vagnī

prāṇato 'sṛjat, sc. Pāñcajanya).—§ 506 (Skandayuddha):

III, 231, 14560.—§ 543 (Rāmābhiṣeka): III, 291α,

16548, (γ), (16557), 16557 (attested the innocence of Sītā).

—§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 61, 2387, 2399.—§ 564

(Mātalīyop.): V, 105ε, 3708 (= Bhīmasena(?)).—§ 565

(Gālavacarita): V, 114, 3896 (°unā vardhitaṃ, sc. the gold).

—§ 576 (Bhagavadgītāp.): VI, 35, 1285 (Kṛṣṇa identified

with V.).—§ 592 (Saṃśaptakavadhap.): VII, 19, 775, 776

(when Arjuna employed the Vāyavyāstra, V. bore away the

Saṃśaptakas).—§ 603d (Tripura): VII, 202, 9569 (became

the wings of the shafts of Śiva).—§ 603 (Nārāyaṇāstra-

mokṣap.): VII, 202ιι, 9594 (Śiva identified with V.),

9630 (do.).—§ 605 (Karṇap.): VIII, 16, 635 (jaitrena

vidhināhutaṃ V°r Indram ivādhvare, sc. avahat).—§ 615u

(Skanda): IX, 44, 2489 (Śākho V°mūrtiḥ); 45, 2547

(gave two companions to Skanda).—§ 623 (Rājadh.): XII,

15β, 440.—§ 637 (do.): XII, 47η, 1596 (among the ṛṣis

who surrounded Bhīṣma), (θ), 1618 (ali-V°vindra-karmāṇaṃ.

Govindaṃ), 1653 (śarīragaḥ, Kṛṣṇa identified with V.),

1678 (sapta mārgāḥ…V°oḥ).—§ 639 (do.): XII, 51δ,

1849 (do.).—§ 641 (do.): XII, 72, 2757, (2758) (discourse

with Purūravas).—§ 654b (Pavana-śālmalisaṃv.): XII, 156,

(5846); 157, (5865) (discourse between V. and the śālmali).

—§ 678 (Mṛtyu-Prajāpatisaṃv.): XII, 259, †9226 (deva-

devaḥ).—§ 717b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 341λ, 13017; 349,

III), 13569 (learnt the religion of Nārāyaṇa from the ṛṣi

Sunarṇa and communicated it to the ṛṣis).—§ 737 (Ānuśā-

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sanik.): XIII, 31α, 2013.—§ 747b (Suvarṇotpatti): XIII,

85, 4173 (Brahma-V°vagni-Somānāṃ sālokyaṃ).—§ 759

(Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 107ζ, 5304 (°oḥ, sc. lokaṃ).—§ 766

(do.): XIII, 128, (6076).—§ 772b (Pavanārjunasaṃv.):

XIII, 153, 7207, 7210 (devadūtaḥ), 7212; 154, (7213),

7231; 155, (7232); 156, 7265, 7279; 157, 7291, 7305,

(7313); 158, (7353) (discourse between V. and Arjuna

Kārtavīrya).—§ 773b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): XIII, 159, †7388

(Kṛṣṇa identified with Śiva).—§ 774d (Śiva): XIII, 161δ,

7496 (Śiva identified with V.).—§ 775 (Ānuśāsanik.):

XIII, 166α, 7636.—§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 4κ,

132 (mūrtimataḥ).

Cf. also the following synonyms:—

Āśāvaha, q.v.

Analasakha (“the friend of Anala [i.e. Agni]”): V,

3819; XII, 8418.

*Anila: I, 2589 (one of the Vasus, husband of Śivā),

8360 (Agni identified with A.); III, 11195 (prītir A°syā-

gninā yathā); V, 5506 (°o vā vahed Meruṃ), 5551 (do.);

VIII, †5042 (Agny-anilendu-Bhānavaḥ); XII, 5822, 5826.

*Śvasana, q.v.

Devadeva, q.v.

*Marut: XII, 5831.

*Māruta: I, 897 (mano-M°raṃhasā), 1333, 1478, 2444

(father of Bhīmasena), 2935, 2939, 2940, ††3814 (father of

Bhīmasena), 3846, 5844 (nāvaṃ…mano M°gāminīṃ),

5886 (Tārkṣya-M°raṃhasaḥ Bhīmasya); II, 94; V, 7181

(°pratimair gatau); VII, 1035 (v. Draupadeya, pl.), 1694

(do.), 7227 (mano-M°raṃhasaḥ, sc. turaṅgamān); IX, 1188

(mano-M°raṃhasaḥ, sc. rathāḥ), 2715 (vavau), 2823 (do.);

XII, 5812, 5823, 5827, 5856, 6778 (Agni-M°au), 6779

(Agni-M°saṃyogāt), 6794 (Agni-M°-toyebhyaḥ), 6795 (Agni-

M°toyānāṃ), 6808 (Agni-M°au), 6813, 6818, 6838 (Agni-

M°au), 6864, 6907, 6909 (Agni-M°au), 8790 (°ākṛtiḥ), 9089,

9091 (°ātmā), 10837 (Agny-Aśvi-M°āḥ), 12080 (Yamasya

yaḥ puraḥsaraḥ), 12081 (antakaḥ), 12203, 12587 (mano-

M°raṃhasaṃ), 12626 (°ād ūrdhvaṃ), 12853 (°vegavān); XIII,

308 (Candrārka-M°āḥ), 1369, 3833, 5284 (°ośanaṃ(?), adj.

sc. lokaṃ(?)), 7210 (prāha), 7352, †7393 (avani-M°au);

XIV, †271, 1120 (dvitīyaṃ…bhūtaṃ), 1143 (do.), 2235.

*Mātariśvan: I, 4920 (°vā dadau putraṃ Bhīmaṃ, sc.

to Pāṇḍu); II, 928; III, 11081 (Pārtham ātmajaṃ M°aḥ,

i.e. Bhīmasena), 11695 (do.); IV, 1982 (Arjuna had obtained

the Vāyavya weapon from M.); V, 2742 (°eva Pāvakaṃ, sc.

santejayan), 3152, 7127; IX, 2245 (husband of Sukanyā and

father of Maṅkaṇaka); XII, 271, 2750 (Purūravasa Ailasya

saṃvādaṃ M°aḥ), (2752), 5840 (saṅkāśaṃ M°aḥ), 5855

(asamaṃ M°ā), 8798 (sadharmā M°aḥ), 12313 (do.); XIII,

†7373 (identified with Kṛṣṇa); XIV, 482.

*Pavana: I, 1250 (Garuḍa identified with P.); IV,

1580; V, 3819 (°sya niveśanaṃ, in the west); VI, 1235

(°ḥ pavatām asmi, says Kṛṣṇa); VIII, 4418; XII, 1756,

5804, 5813, 5814, 5816, 5841, 5850, 5851, 5853, 5859,

11616; XIII, 7186 (°sya saṃvādam Arjunasya ca), 7240,

7326.

*Prabhañjana: XII, 5829.

*Samīraṇa: III, †10257 (among the fathers of the

Pāṇḍavas), †14755 (°enātha samo balena S°syaiva sutaḥ, i.e.

Bhīmasena); VIII, †2854; XII, 5829, 5845, 5858, 5859.

*Vāta: I, 2746 (father of Bhīmasena), 5908 (do.); III,

†11386 (°ena Kuntyāṃ…sujātaḥ, sc. Bhīmasena), †11914

(Arjuna obtained weapons from V.), 14162 (°-Rasāharau,

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created by Pāñcajanya from his mouth); IX, 301 (jave bale

ca sadṛśam Aruṇānuja-V°yoḥ).

[ID=11755]

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

1. Surya 2. Skanda 3. Shiva 4. Vishnu

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Breath and Vital Airs

2 definitions

breathing or breath

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a vital air of the body

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Windy Humour and Pathological States

2 definitions

the windy humour or any morbid affection of it

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the wind as a kind of demon producing madness

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Other

1 definition

The wind god, a guardian deity, father of Bhima and Hanuman, and overlord of the winds, formless creatures, and time.

— The Purana Index

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.

वायुvāyu

Meanings by context

Wind/Air (Physical Element & General Definitions)

Proper Names (Individuals and Other Entities)

Adjectival Meanings: Tired, Desirous

Symbolic/Technical Uses and Derived/Related Names

The Deity Vāyu and Associated Deities

Breath and Vital Airs

Windy Humour and Pathological States

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