# वायु (vāyu)

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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 — E. vā to go, uṇ Unādi aff., and yuk augment
- **SLP1:** `vAyu`  **IAST:** vāyu  **Devanagari:** वायु
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vayu
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vayu/declensions.md

## 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)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 942,2] 1. वा (vā) यु (vāyu) m. ( fr. √ 2. वा (vā) ) wind, air (as one of the 5 elements; in MBh. 7 winds are reckoned), RV. &c. &c. [ ID=191228 ]
- 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*
  > वायु (vāyu) [Printed book page 277-2 ] वायु (vāyu) vā-yú, [√ 1. vā] wind, air ( one of the elements; seven winds are assumed ); god of wind ( pl. = the Maruts); breath; vital air ( there are five : prāṇa, apāna, vyāna, udāna, samāna; or nāga, kūrma, kṛkara, devadatta, dhanaṃjaya); wind as one of the three humours of the body; wind as a kind of goblin confusing men. [ ID=16308 ]
- 1. Air, wind, or its personified deity. 2. The air within the body. 3. Morbid affection of the windy humor.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वा (vā) यु (vāyu) [Printed book page 752 ] वा (vā) यु (vāyu) m. ( - युः (-yuḥ) ) 1 Air, wind, or its personified deification. 2 The air of the body. 3 Morbid affection of the windy humour. E. वा (vā) to go, उण् (uṇ) Uṇādi aff., and युक् (yuk) augment. [ ID=34412 ]
- 1. Air or wind. 2. The air of the body or its morbid state.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वायु (vāyu) [Printed book page 674-a ] वायु (vāyu) ( युः ) ((yuḥ)) 2. m. Air, wind, air of the body; morbid state of it. [ ID=34007 ]
- 1. Air or wind. 2. The deity presiding over wind. 3. A vital air. 4. Vitiation of the windy humor.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वायु (vāyu) [Printed book page 653-30 ] वायु (vāyu) m. 1. Air, wind, शितो वायु (vāyu) ःपरिणमयिता काननेदुंबराणाम् (śito vāyuḥpariṇamayitā kānaneduṃbarāṇām) Megh. i.42, 53, R. iii.37; 2. the deity that presides over wind; 3. a vital air [of which five are enumerated, viz., (1) प्राण (prāṇa), (2) अपान (apāna), (3) व्यान (vyāna), (4) उदान (udāna) and (5) समान (samāna) ]; 4. vitiation of the windy humour. [ ID=34367 ]
- 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*
  > वा (vā) यु (vāyu) [Printed book page 644-b ] वा (vā) यु (vāyu) m. ( - युः (-yuḥ) ) 1. Air, wind, or its personified deification. 2. The air of the body, of which five are enumerated, viz. PRĀṆA, SAMĀNA, APĀNA, UDĀNA, and VYĀNA. 3. Morbid affection of the windy humour. E. वा (vā) to go, उण् (uṇ) Unādi aff., and युक् (yuk) augment. [ ID=35982 ]
- 1. Air or wind. 2. The air of the body. 3. A morbid affection of the windy humor.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वायु (vāyu) [Printed book page 0836-b ] वायु (vāyu) vā + yu, m. 1. Air, wind, Pañc. 184, 11; its deity, Man. 1, 23. 2. The air of the body. 3. Morbid affection Page0837-a+ 42 of the windy humour. — Comp. Mahā-, m. air as clement, Bhāṣāp. 43. [ ID=13038 ]
- 1. Wind or air, especially vital air. 2. The god of wind, or in the plural, the Maruts.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वायु (vāyu) [Printed book page 485 ] 1 वायु (vāyu) m. wind, air, esp. vital air (5); the god of wind, pl. the Maruts. [ ID=28847 ]
- wind  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > वायु (vāyu) [Printed book page 242-b ] vāyú, m. wind. [ √1vā, ‘blow,’ 1165. ] [ ID=3801 ]
- 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.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 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- Page0904-b+ 80 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 ]
- 1. A transformation of akasha having the qualities of sound and touch. 2. Prana, apana, and samana.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 3-196 ] Vāyu (II) — is a transformation of ākāśa with the two qualities of śabda and sparśa. Its subtle element is sparśa from which came tejas; 1 it is Prāṇa, Apāna and Samāna; 2 role of, in sustaining life. 3 [ Footnote: 1) M. 3. 24.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. 166. 5.] [ Footnote: 3) Vā. 31. 41-5.] [ ID=12570 ]

### Proper Names (Individuals and Other Entities) (6 definitions)
- name of a Vasu  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Vasu, Hariv. [ ID=191236 ]
- a Daitya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Daitya, ib. [ ID=191237 ]
- of a king of the Gandharvas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a king of the Gandharvas, VP. [ ID=191238 ]
- of a Marut  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a Marut, R. [ ID=191239 ]
- A Vasu, son of Dharma and Sudevi  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vāyu (III) — a Vasu: a son of Dharma and Sudevī. M. 171. 47. [ ID=12571 ]
- 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*
  > Vāyu (IV) — a son of Anuhrāda; 1 the lord of sabda, ākāśa and bala, 2 the appointed father of Vṛkodara; 3 present- ed Skanda with the banners of the cuckoo and hen. 4 [ Footnote: 1) Vā. 63. 12; 67. 75.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. 70. 12.] [ Footnote: 3) Ib. 99. 244.] [ Footnote: 4) Ib. 72. 45.] [ ID=12572 ]

### Adjectival Meanings: Tired, Desirous (5 definitions)
- tired, languid  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 943,1] 2. वायु (vāyu) mfn. ( fr. √ वै (vai) ) tired, languid, Ṛg-veda (Title) vii, 91, 1. [ ID=191393 ]
- desirous, greedy  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 3. वायु (vāyu) mfn. ( fr. √ वी (vī) ) desirous, covetous, greedy (for food, applied to calves), TS. [ ID=191394 ]
- desirable  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > desirable, desired by the appetite, RV. [ ID=191395 ]
- tired, languid  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 2 वायु (vāyu) a. tired, languid. [ ID=28848 ]
- desirous or desirable  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 3 वायु (vāyu) a. desirous or desirable. [ ID=28849 ]

### Symbolic/Technical Uses and Derived/Related Names (5 definitions)
- the fourth Muhurta  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in astron. ) N. of the fourth Muhūrta [ ID=191234 ]
- a mystical name of the letter ya  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a mystical N. of the letter य (ya), Up. [ ID=191235 ]
- Fire  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > [Printed book page 674-b ] वायु - (vāyu-) सख ( खः ) (sakha(khaḥ)) 1. m. Fire. [ ID=34029 ]
- a tirtha sacred to Vayu in the Sarasvati  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vāyu (V) — a tirtha sacred to, in the Sarasvatī. Bhā. III. 1. 22. [ ID=12573 ]
- 1. The contents of the Vayu Purana. 2. The origin of the Pasupata Yoga and the Linga, and the glorification of Nilakantha.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vāyu Purāṇa — contents of; originally narrated by Brahmā; or Pāśupata Yoga, origin of Linga, glorification of Nīlakaṇṭha; one who does not know this Purāṇa, though learned in all the Vedas and other branches, will not be a man of culture; the whole Purāṇa is full of the greatness of Maheśvara; 1 narrator Vāyu; 2 (see Vāyavīyam ). [ Footnote: 1) Vā. 1. 48-205.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. 26. 5.] [ ID=12574 ]

### The Deity Vāyu and Associated Deities (4 definitions)
- the god of the wind  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the god of the wind (often associated with Indra in the Ṛg-veda, as Vāta [ q.v. ] with Parjanya, but although of equal rank with Indra, not occupying so prominent a position; in the Puruṣasūkta he is said to have sprung form the breath of Puruṣa, and elsewhere is described as the son-in-law of Tvaṣṭṛ; be 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 [ cf. नि - युत् (ni-yut) ]; 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 i, 134, 4, he is said to have begotten them from the rivers of heaven; he is regent of the Nakṣatra Svāti and north-west quarter See लोक - पाल (loka-pāla) ), ib. [ ID=191229 ]
- the Maruts  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > pl. the Maruts, Kathās.; MārkP. [ ID=191240 ]
- the god of the wind  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > वायु (vāyu) [Printed book page 721-1 ] *Vāyu 1, 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).—§ 283 b (Agni): II, 31, 1149 ( V°uḥ prāṇaṃ dadātu me ).—§ 317 b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): III, 12, 481 (Kṛṣṇa becomes V., etc.).—§ 333 c (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, 291 α, 16548, (γ), (16557), 16557 (attested the innocence of Sītā). —§ 561 (Yānasandhip.): V, 61, 2387, 2399.—§ 564 (Mātalīyop.): V, 105 ε, 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).—§ 603 d (Tripura): VII, 202, 9569 (became the wings of the shafts of Śiva).—§ 603 (Nārāyaṇāstra- mokṣap.): VII, 202 ιι, 9594 (Śiva identified with V.), 9630 (do.).—§ 605 (Karṇap.): VIII, 16, 635 ( jaitrena vidhināhutaṃ V°r Indram ivādhvare, sc. avahat ).—§ 615 u (Skanda): IX, 44, 2489 ( Śākho V°mūrtiḥ ); 45, 2547 (gave two companions to Skanda).—§ 623 (Rājadh.): XII, 15 β, 440.—§ 637 (do.): XII, 47 η, 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, 51 δ, 1849 (do.).—§ 641 (do.): XII, 72, 2757, (2758) (discourse with Purūravas).—§ 654 b (Pavana-śālmalisaṃv.): XII, 156, (5846); 157, (5865) (discourse between V. and the śālmali). —§ 678 (Mṛtyu-Prajāpatisaṃv.): XII, 259, †9226 ( deva- devaḥ ).—§ 717 b (Nārāyaṇīya): XII, 341 λ, 13017; 349, III), 13569 (learnt the religion of Nārāyaṇa from the ṛṣi Sunarṇa and communicated it to the ṛṣis).—§ 737 (Ānuśā- Page721-b+ 62 sanik.): XIII, 31 α, 2013.—§ 747 b (Suvarṇotpatti): XIII, 85, 4173 ( Brahma-V°vagni-Somānāṃ sālokyaṃ ).—§ 759 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 107 ζ, 5304 ( °oḥ, sc. lokaṃ ).—§ 766 (do.): XIII, 128, (6076).—§ 772 b (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).—§ 773 b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva): XIII, 159, †7388 (Kṛṣṇa identified with Śiva).—§ 774 d (Śiva): XIII, 161 δ, 7496 (Śiva identified with V.).—§ 775 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 166 α, 7636.—§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 4 κ, 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, Page722-a+ 62 created by Pāñcajanya from his mouth); IX, 301 ( jave bale ca sadṛśam Aruṇānuja-V°yoḥ ). [ ID=11755 ]
- 1. Surya 2. Skanda 3. Shiva 4. Vishnu  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > [Printed book page 722-1 ] Vāyu 2 = Sūrya: III, 147.—Do. 3 = Skanda: III, 14643.— Do. 4 = Śiva (1000 names 1—2 ).—Do. 5 = Viṣṇu (1000 names). [ ID=11756 ]

### Breath and Vital Airs (2 definitions)
- breathing or breath  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > breathing, breath, VPrāt.; ĪśUp. [ ID=191230 ]
- a vital air of the body  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the wind of the body, a vital air (of which 5 are reckoned, viz. प्रा (prā) ण (ṇa), अपा (apā) न (na), समान (na) (samāna), उदान (na) (udāna), and व्यान (na) (vyāna); or न (na) ाग (nāga), कूर्म (kūrma), कृकर (kṛkara), देवदत्त (devadatta), and धन (na) ं - जय (dhanaṃ-jaya) ), Hariv.; Sāṃkhyak.; Vedāntas. [ ID=191231 ]

### Windy Humour and Pathological States (2 definitions)
- the windy humour or any morbid affection of it  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in medicine) the windy humour or any morbid affection of it, Suśr. [ ID=191232 ]
- the wind as a kind of demon producing madness  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the wind as a kind of demon producing madness, Kād.; Vcar. ( cf. - ग्रस्त (-grasta) ) [ ID=191233 ]

### 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*
  > वायु (vāyu) [Printed book page 3-195 ] Vāyu (I) — a God and father of Ilā; 1 and Mudā clan of Apsarasas: presented Pṛthu with cāmaras: worshipped through Prāṇāyama in Śākadvīpa; 2 A Lokapāla and father of Bhīma. Took part in the Devāsura wars and killed the Asuras. Deprived of his force by the Asuras; 3 set out on a black antelope against Kṛṣṇa taking pārijāta, but returned afraid of him; 4 his city was visited by Arjuna in search of the dead child of a Dvārakā Brāhmaṇa; 5 Born of Ākāśa: the wind-god loved Añjanā and gave birth to Hanumān: overlord of the winds, formless creatures and of time. Presiding deity of Bhuvarloka and hence Bhuvas- pati (also Mātariśva). Addressed by the sages engaged in sacrifice to speak on lokāloka; 6 narrates the fourth pāda of the Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa, 7 reported to Umā in penance of a lady in her chamber little knowing her to be Ādi in disguise; 8 worship of; 9 Icon of, mounted on a black deer, 10 a sthāna of Rudra; 11 father of Manojava and Bhīma; 12 Kṛṣṇa's messenger to Indra. 13 Page3-196+ 33 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IV. 10. 2; 14. 26.] [ Footnote: 2) Ib. V. 15. 15; 20. 27.] [ Footnote: 3) Ib. VIII. 5. 19; 10. 26; 11. 1 and 42; IX. 22. 27. M. 31. 12; 46. 9. 266. 24; Vā. 99. 244.] [ Footnote: 4) Bhā. X. [65 (v) 44]: [66 (v) 27-32]; M. 148. 60-61.] [ Footnote: 5) Ib. X. 89. 44; Br. IV. 33. 67.] [ Footnote: 6) Ib. II. 20. 1 and 7; 25. 5-14; III. 7. 23, 224-5, 296; 8. 12; IV. 2. 20; 195-7, 212, 245-6.] [ Footnote: 7) Ib. IV. 1. 227; 4. 44.] [ Footnote: 8) M. 156. 39.] [ Footnote: 9) Ib. 236, 5; 253. 24; 265. 39 and 41. 268. 12.] [ Footnote: 10) Ib. 261. 19; 289. 6.] [ Footnote: 11) Vi. I. 8. 7.] [ Footnote: 12) Ib. I. 8. 11; IV. 20. 40.] [ Footnote: 13) Ib. V. 21. 14-17; 37. 16-28.] [ ID=12569 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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.
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