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Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Prāṇavāta (प्राणवात):—Another name for Prāṇavāyu, one of the five upadoṣa of Vāta or Vāyu. It is a technical term used in Āyurveda, the scientific medicinal system of India.

Source: Cogprints: Concepts of Human Physiology in Ayurveda

‘Prāṇa Vāta’:This is situated in head and is responsible for the control over intellectual functions, cardiovascular functions, sense organs, psychological activities, respiration, and reflex activities like sneezing, belching and deglutition (Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 12/5). Based on this sub-type of ‘Vāta’, ‘Prāṇavaha Srotas’ has derived its name.

The food is brought towards thegut through ‘Prāṇa Vāta’. There, various fluids making its bonds loosen, act on it. Also, the food is softened here.

‘Prāṇa Vāta’ situated at ‘Nābhi’, comes out through the throat toconsume a nectar-like substance called ‘Viṣṇupadāmṛta’ from the atmosphere. After consuming this nectar of atmosphere, it re-enters the body speedily and nourishes the ‘Jīva’ (Śā. Pū. 5/51). Though the site of ‘Prāna Vāta’ is described to be ‘head’ in all earliertextbooks,Śārnńgadhara has described it to be ‘Nābhi’ in this reference. ‘Nābhi’, in Saṃskṛta language, just means ‘a center’. So, this is indicative of a particular center in the head.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Prāṇavāta (प्राणवात) refers to the “breath”, according to the Candrāvalokana: a short dialogue between Śiva and Matsyendranātha dealing with teachings on absorption, mind and breath.—Accordingly, while discussing the no-mind state: “So long as the moving breath does not enter the central channel; so long as one's semen, which is connected to the breath (prāṇavāta), is not stable, and so long as the no-mind state which corresponds to one’s natural [state] does not arise in meditation, then if one talks of gnosis, it is deceitful and false prattling”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Prāṇavatā (प्राणवता):—(nf) vitality; animatedness, spiritedness; the state of being full of life/spirit.

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Partial matches: Prana, Vata.

Full-text: Vata, Stambha, Pranavayu, Urjja.

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Hatha Yoga Pradipika

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