# व्यान (vyāna)

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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 — E. vi before ana to breathe, aff. ghañ
- **SLP1:** `vyAna`  **IAST:** vyāna  **Devanagari:** व्यान
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vyana/declensions.md

## 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)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1031,2] व्य् - आन (vy-āna) a m. one of the five vital airs (that which circulates or is diffused through the body; personified as a son of Udāna and father of Apāna; cf. प्रा (prā) ण (ṇa) ), AV. &c. &c. [ ID=208701 ]
- 1. Breath. 2. One of the five vital airs diffused throughout the body.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्यान (vyāna) [Printed book page 303-3 ] व्यान (vyāna) vi‿āná, m. [√an] breath; as one of the five vital airs, that which is diffused throughout the body. [ ID=17340 ]
- One of the five vital airs, diffused throughout the body.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्यान (vyāna) [Printed book page 819 ] व्यान (vyāna) m. ( - नः (-naḥ) ) One of the five vital airs, that which is diffused throughout the body. E. वि (vi) before अन (ana) to breathe, aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=37230 ]
- One of the five vital airs diffused throughout the body.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्यान (vyāna) [Printed book page 737-a ] व्या _ न (vyā_na) ( नः ) ((naḥ)) 1. m. One of the five vital airs, diffused throughout the body. [ ID=36867 ]
- One of the five vital airs pervading the whole body  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्यान (vyāna) [Printed book page 700-12 ] व्यान (vyāna) m. One of the five vital airs in the body; (it pervades the whole body). [ ID=36682 ]
- One of the five vital airs, diffused throughout the body.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्यान (vyāna) [Printed book page 698-b ] व्यान (vyāna) m. ( - नः (-naḥ) ) One of the five vital airs, that which is diffused throughout the body. E. वि (vi) before अन् (an) to breathe, aff. घञ् । (ghañ.) [ ID=38988 ]
- One of the five vital airs, diffused throughout the body  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्यान (vyāna) [Printed book page 0918-a ] व्यान (vyāna) vyāna, i. e. vi-an + a, m. One of the five vital airs, that which is dif- fused throughout the body, Vedāntas. in Chr. 207, 11. [ ID=14253 ]
- the vital air diffused through the whole body  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > व्यान (vyāna) [Printed book page 530 ] व्यान (vyāna) m. breath, esp. the vital air diffused through the whole body. [ ID=31390 ]
- one of the five vital airs diffused through the body  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > व्यान (vyāna) [Printed book page 0979-c ] व्यान (vyāna) vy-āna, as, m. (fr. rt. an with ā and vi ), one of the five vital airs (that which circulates or is diffused through the body, see prāṇa ). [ ID=45633 ]
- one of the vital breaths operating in all the joints of the body  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > व्यान (vyāna) [Printed book page 758-1 ] Vyāna 1, one of the vital breaths. § 485 (Brāhmaṇavyādhas., Pativratopākhyāna): III, 213, 13967.—§ 660 b (Bhṛgu- Bharadvājasaṃv.): XII, 184, 6844; 185, 6873 ( g : That breath which operates, residing in all the joints of men's bodies, is called V.).—§ 662 b (Jāpakop.): XII, 200 ε, 7346. —§ 667 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 213, 7759 ( °odānau ).—§ 704 (Mokṣadh.): XII, 302, 11124.—§ 714 g (Samāna): XII, 329, 12397 (son of Udāna; from him arose Apāna).—§ 782 b (Brāhmaṇagītā): XIV, 20, 612, 614; 21, †653; 23, 685, 687 ( vāyuḥ ), 688, 696, 697, 699, 700, 705, 706 (the contention among the vital breaths about superiority); 24, 712, 718, 719, 722, 726, 727.—§ 782 g (Guruśiṣyasaṃv.): XIV, 42, 1109. [ ID=12413 ]
- one of the vital airs  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > व्यान (vyāna) [Printed book page 2-339 ] Vy-āna is the name of one of the vital airs. See Prāṇa. [ ID=3108 ]

### Epithet of Śiva (1 definition)
- Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Vyāna 2 = Śiva (1000 names 1 ). [ ID=12414 ]

### Etymological/Referential Information (1 definition)
- See the root an.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1037,2] व्य् - (vy-) आन (vy-āna) b &c. See व्य् - (vy-) √ अन् (√an), p. 1031. [ ID=209744 ]

### Name of a son of Brahmā (1 definition)
- a mind-born son of Brahma in the 21st Kalpa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vyāna (II) — a mind-born son of Brahmā in the 21st Kalpa. Vā. 21. 47; 31. 41. [ ID=13834 ]

### Name of a Tuṣita deity (1 definition)
- a Tushita  
  *The Purana Index*
  > व्यान (vyāna) [Printed book page 3-348 ] Vyāna (I) — a Tuṣita. Br. III. 3. 19; Vā. 66. 18. [ ID=13833 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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