"प्राण" meaning in Sanskrit

See प्राण in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɾɑː.ɳɐ́/ [Vedic], /pɾɑː.ɳɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: प्र- (pra-) + अन (aná). Etymology templates: {{affix|sa|प्र-|अन|tr2=aná}} प्र- (pra-) + अन (aná) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m|tr=prāṇá}} प्राण • (prāṇá) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m|prāṇá}} Forms: prāṇá [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], प्राणः [nominative, singular], प्राणौ [dual, nominative], प्राणा1 [dual, nominative], प्राणाः [nominative, plural], प्राणासः1 [nominative, plural], प्राणम् [accusative, singular], प्राणौ [accusative, dual], प्राणा1 [accusative, dual], प्राणान् [accusative, plural], प्राणेन [instrumental, singular], प्राणाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], प्राणैः [instrumental, plural], प्राणेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], प्राणाय [dative, singular], प्राणाभ्याम् [dative, dual], प्राणेभ्यः [dative, plural], प्राणात् [ablative, singular], प्राणाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], प्राणेभ्यः [ablative, plural], प्राणस्य [genitive, singular], प्राणयोः [dual, genitive], प्राणानाम् [genitive, plural], प्राणे [locative, singular], प्राणयोः [dual, locative], प्राणेषु [locative, plural], प्राण [singular, vocative], प्राणौ [dual, vocative], प्राणा1 [dual, vocative], प्राणाः [plural, vocative], प्राणासः1 [plural, vocative]
  1. breath, respiration, the breath of life, vitality, life, vital air (usually plural in this sense)
    Sense id: en-प्राण-sa-noun-py3JZX52
  2. the first of the five life-winds or vital airs, which has its seat in the lungs (the other four being अपान (apāna), समान (samāna), व्यान (vyāna) and उदान (udāna))
    Sense id: en-प्राण-sa-noun-QXkgzNN6
  3. wind, inhaled air
    Sense id: en-प्राण-sa-noun-Di8xd7tV
  4. energy, vigor, strength, power (as in प्राणसार (prāṇasāra)) Derived forms: प्राणिन् (prāṇín)
    Sense id: en-प्राण-sa-noun-en9~jYVe Categories (other): Sanskrit terms prefixed with प्र- Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms prefixed with प्र-: 9 14 7 33 16 22
  5. the spirit or soul (as opposed to शरीर (śarīra))
    Sense id: en-प्राण-sa-noun-7DPKEaMC
  6. the Supreme Spirit (see आत्मन् (ātman))
    Sense id: en-प्राण-sa-noun-7ykzYTjr Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 7 3 2 6 5 14 16 14 3 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 4 2 1 4 3 16 18 18 2 31 Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 6 16 17 18 3 39 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 7 13 11 17 4 48 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 8 16 12 22 4 37
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "my",
            "2": "ပြန်",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Burmese: ပြန် (pran)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Burmese: ပြန် (pran)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ಪ್ರಾಣ",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ಪ್ರಾಣ (prāṇa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ಪ್ರಾಣ (prāṇa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "prana",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: prana",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: prana"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "प्राण",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: प्राण (prāṇ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: प्राण (prāṇ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "प्राण",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: प्राण (prāṇ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: प्राण (prāṇ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ପ୍ରାଣ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Odia: ପ୍ରାଣ (prāṇa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Odia: ପ୍ରାଣ (prāṇa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "প্রাণ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: প্রাণ (pran)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: প্রাণ (pran)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "পরাণ",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: পরাণ (poran) (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: পরাণ (poran) (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "pāṇa"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: pāṇa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: pāṇa"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "ప్రాణము",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: ప్రాణము (prāṇamu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: ప్రాణము (prāṇamu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "ប្រាណ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: ប្រាណ (praan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: ប្រាណ (praan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "ปราณ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: ปราณ (bpraan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: ปราณ (bpraan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "प्र-",
        "3": "अन",
        "tr2": "aná"
      },
      "expansion": "प्र- (pra-) + अन (aná)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "प्र- (pra-) + अन (aná).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prāṇá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणः",
      "roman": "prāṇáḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणौ",
      "roman": "prāṇaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणा1",
      "roman": "prāṇā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणाः",
      "roman": "prāṇā́ḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणासः1",
      "roman": "prāṇā́saḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणम्",
      "roman": "prāṇám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणौ",
      "roman": "prāṇaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणा1",
      "roman": "prāṇā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणान्",
      "roman": "prāṇā́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणेन",
      "roman": "prāṇéna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "prāṇā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणैः",
      "roman": "prāṇaíḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणेभिः1",
      "roman": "prāṇébhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणाय",
      "roman": "prāṇā́ya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "prāṇā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणेभ्यः",
      "roman": "prāṇébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणात्",
      "roman": "prāṇā́t",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "prāṇā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणेभ्यः",
      "roman": "prāṇébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणस्य",
      "roman": "prāṇásya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणयोः",
      "roman": "prāṇáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणानाम्",
      "roman": "prāṇā́nām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणे",
      "roman": "prāṇé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणयोः",
      "roman": "prāṇáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणेषु",
      "roman": "prāṇéṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राण",
      "roman": "prā́ṇa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणौ",
      "roman": "prā́ṇau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणा1",
      "roman": "prā́ṇā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणाः",
      "roman": "prā́ṇāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणासः1",
      "roman": "prā́ṇāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "prāṇá"
      },
      "expansion": "प्राण • (prāṇá) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prāṇá"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "breath, respiration, the breath of life, vitality, life, vital air (usually plural in this sense)"
      ],
      "id": "en-प्राण-sa-noun-py3JZX52",
      "links": [
        [
          "breath",
          "breath"
        ],
        [
          "respiration",
          "respiration"
        ],
        [
          "vitality",
          "vitality"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the first of the five life-winds or vital airs, which has its seat in the lungs (the other four being अपान (apāna), समान (samāna), व्यान (vyāna) and उदान (udāna))"
      ],
      "id": "en-प्राण-sa-noun-QXkgzNN6",
      "links": [
        [
          "अपान",
          "अपान#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "समान",
          "समान#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "व्यान",
          "व्यान#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "उदान",
          "उदान#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wind, inhaled air"
      ],
      "id": "en-प्राण-sa-noun-Di8xd7tV",
      "links": [
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 14 7 33 16 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms prefixed with प्र-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 18 0 48 16 18",
          "roman": "prāṇín",
          "word": "प्राणिन्"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "energy, vigor, strength, power (as in प्राणसार (prāṇasāra))"
      ],
      "id": "en-प्राण-sa-noun-en9~jYVe",
      "links": [
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "vigor",
          "vigor"
        ],
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "प्राणसार",
          "प्राणसार#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the spirit or soul (as opposed to शरीर (śarīra))"
      ],
      "id": "en-प्राण-sa-noun-7DPKEaMC",
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ],
        [
          "शरीर",
          "शरीर#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 7 3 2 6 5 14 16 14 3 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 4 2 1 4 3 16 18 18 2 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 16 17 18 3 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 13 11 17 4 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 16 12 22 4 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the Supreme Spirit (see आत्मन् (ātman))"
      ],
      "id": "en-प्राण-sa-noun-7ykzYTjr",
      "links": [
        [
          "आत्मन्",
          "आत्मन्#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɾɑː.ɳɐ́/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɾɑː.ɳɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "प्राण"
}
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    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sanskrit a-stem nouns",
    "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sanskrit lemmas",
    "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Sanskrit masculine nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns",
    "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
    "Sanskrit terms prefixed with प्र-",
    "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "prāṇín",
      "word": "प्राणिन्"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "my",
            "2": "ပြန်",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Burmese: ပြန် (pran)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Burmese: ပြန် (pran)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ಪ್ರಾಣ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ಪ್ರಾಣ (prāṇa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ಪ್ರಾಣ (prāṇa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "prana",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: prana",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: prana"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "प्राण",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: प्राण (prāṇ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: प्राण (prāṇ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "प्राण",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: प्राण (prāṇ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: प्राण (prāṇ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or",
            "2": "ପ୍ରାଣ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Odia: ପ୍ରାଣ (prāṇa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Odia: ପ୍ରାଣ (prāṇa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "প্রাণ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: প্রাণ (pran)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: প্রাণ (pran)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "পরাণ",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: পরাণ (poran) (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: পরাণ (poran) (semi-learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "pāṇa"
          },
          "expansion": "Pali: pāṇa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Pali: pāṇa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "ప్రాణము",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: ప్రాణము (prāṇamu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: ప్రాణము (prāṇamu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "ប្រាណ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: ប្រាណ (praan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: ប្រាណ (praan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "ปราณ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: ปราณ (bpraan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: ปราณ (bpraan)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "प्र-",
        "3": "अन",
        "tr2": "aná"
      },
      "expansion": "प्र- (pra-) + अन (aná)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "प्र- (pra-) + अन (aná).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prāṇá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणः",
      "roman": "prāṇáḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणौ",
      "roman": "prāṇaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणा1",
      "roman": "prāṇā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणाः",
      "roman": "prāṇā́ḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणासः1",
      "roman": "prāṇā́saḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणम्",
      "roman": "prāṇám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणौ",
      "roman": "prāṇaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणा1",
      "roman": "prāṇā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणान्",
      "roman": "prāṇā́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणेन",
      "roman": "prāṇéna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "prāṇā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणैः",
      "roman": "prāṇaíḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणेभिः1",
      "roman": "prāṇébhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणाय",
      "roman": "prāṇā́ya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "prāṇā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणेभ्यः",
      "roman": "prāṇébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणात्",
      "roman": "prāṇā́t",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "prāṇā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणेभ्यः",
      "roman": "prāṇébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणस्य",
      "roman": "prāṇásya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणयोः",
      "roman": "prāṇáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणानाम्",
      "roman": "prāṇā́nām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणे",
      "roman": "prāṇé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणयोः",
      "roman": "prāṇáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणेषु",
      "roman": "prāṇéṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राण",
      "roman": "prā́ṇa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणौ",
      "roman": "prā́ṇau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणा1",
      "roman": "prā́ṇā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणाः",
      "roman": "prā́ṇāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "प्राणासः1",
      "roman": "prā́ṇāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "prāṇá"
      },
      "expansion": "प्राण • (prāṇá) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prāṇá"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "breath, respiration, the breath of life, vitality, life, vital air (usually plural in this sense)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breath",
          "breath"
        ],
        [
          "respiration",
          "respiration"
        ],
        [
          "vitality",
          "vitality"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the first of the five life-winds or vital airs, which has its seat in the lungs (the other four being अपान (apāna), समान (samāna), व्यान (vyāna) and उदान (udāna))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "अपान",
          "अपान#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "समान",
          "समान#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "व्यान",
          "व्यान#Sanskrit"
        ],
        [
          "उदान",
          "उदान#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wind, inhaled air"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wind",
          "wind"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "energy, vigor, strength, power (as in प्राणसार (prāṇasāra))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ],
        [
          "vigor",
          "vigor"
        ],
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "प्राणसार",
          "प्राणसार#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the spirit or soul (as opposed to शरीर (śarīra))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ],
        [
          "शरीर",
          "शरीर#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the Supreme Spirit (see आत्मन् (ātman))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "आत्मन्",
          "आत्मन्#Sanskrit"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɾɑː.ɳɐ́/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɾɑː.ɳɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "प्राण"
}

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