व्यानvyāna

व्यान (vyāna) is a Sanskrit word meaning one of the five vital airs diffused through the body, one of the five vital airs, diffused throughout the body, one of the five vital airs diffused throughout the body, breath, the vital air diffused through the whole body, one of the five vital airs pervading the whole body. Its 15 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them A vital air (Prāṇa), Epithet of Śiva, Etymological/Referential Information.

Root: अन् (an)
Etymology: E. वि before अन to breathe, aff. घञ्
Definitions: 15

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Meanings by context

A vital air (Prāṇa)

11 definitions

one of the five vital airs diffused through the body

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Breath. 2. One of the five vital airs diffused throughout the body.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

One of the five vital airs, diffused throughout the body.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

One of the five vital airs diffused throughout the body.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

One of the five vital airs pervading the whole body

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

One of the five vital airs, diffused throughout the body.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

One of the five vital airs, diffused throughout the body

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

the vital air diffused through the whole body

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

one of the five vital airs diffused through the body

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

one of the vital breaths operating in all the joints of the body

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

one of the vital airs

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

Epithet of Śiva

1 definition

Shiva

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Etymological/Referential Information

1 definition

See the root an.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a son of Brahmā

1 definition

a mind-born son of Brahma in the 21st Kalpa

— The Purana Index

Name of a Tuṣita deity

1 definition

a Tushita

— 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, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.