Pranana, Prāṇana: 9 definitions

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Pranana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Prāṇana (प्राणन).—1 The throat.

2) Water.

-nam 1 Respiration, breathing.

2) Life, living.

3) Producing.

Derivable forms: prāṇanaḥ (प्राणनः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prāṇana (प्राणन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Life, living. 2. The throat. E. pra before, an to live or breathe, aff. lyuṭ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prāṇana (प्राणन).—i. e. pra-an + ana, I. n. Breathing, Chr. 288, 10 = [Rigveda.] i. 48, 10. Ii. m. The throat.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prāṇana (प्राणन).—[adjective] & [neuter] vivifying; [neuter] also breathing.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Prāṇana (प्राणन):—[from prān] mfn. vivifying, animating, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. the throat, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] n. breathing, respiration, [Ṛg-veda; Mahābhārata; Śaṃkarācārya]

4) [v.s. ...] the act of vivifying or animating, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Prāṇana (प्राणन):—[prā+ṇana] (naṃ) 1 n. Life, living; the throat.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pranana in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prāṇana (ಪ್ರಾಣನ):—[noun] that part of a human or animal joining the head to the body, including the part of the backbone between the skull and the shoulders; the neck.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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