Pranayana, Praṇayana, Prāṇāyana, Prana-ayana: 8 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPraṇayana (प्रणयन).—
1) Bringing, fetching.
2) Conducting, conveying.
3) Carrying out, executing, performing; सर्गशेष- प्रणयनाद्विश्वयोनेरनन्तरम् (sargaśeṣa- praṇayanādviśvayoneranantaram) Kumārasambhava 6.9.
4) Writing, composing.
5) Decreeing, sentencing, awarding; as दण्डस्य प्रणयनम् (daṇḍasya praṇayanam).
6) Bringing forward, adducing.
7) Distributing.
8) Infliction of (punishment).
9) Founding (of a school).
Derivable forms: praṇayanam (प्रणयनम्).
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Prāṇāyana (प्राणायन).—an organ of sense; (suptimūrcchopatāpeṣu prāṇāyanavighātataḥ | nehate'hamiti jñānaṃ mṛtyuprajvārayorapi || Bhāgavata 4.29.72. -āghātaḥ destruction of life, killing a living being; prāṇāghātānnivṛttiḥ Bhartṛhari 3.63. -ācāryaḥ a physician to a king. -ātman m. the vital or animal soul. -āda a. fatal, mortal, causing death. -ābādhaḥ injury to life; prāṇābādhayuktāsvāpatsu Kau. A.1.8. -āyāmaḥ restraining or suspending the breath during the mental recitation of the names or attributes of a deity. -āhutiḥ f. an oblation to the five Prāṇas. -īśaḥ, -īśvaraḥ 1 a lover, husband; nīcaiḥ śaṃsa hṛdi sthito hi nanu me prāṇeśvaraḥ śroṣyati Amaruśataka 67; bālā lolavilocanā śiva śiva prāṇeśamālokate Bv.2.57.
Derivable forms: prāṇāyanam (प्राणायनम्).
Prāṇāyana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms prāṇa and ayana (अयन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraṇayana (प्रणयन).—i. e. pra-nī + ana, n. 1. Performing, practising, Mahābhārata 1, 7593. 2. Sentencing, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 277. 3. Adducing.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraṇayana (प्रणयन).—[neuter] bringing near, fetching, means for fetching, vessel; manifestation, betrayal; use, employment of (—°).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Praṇayana (प्रणयन):—[=pra-ṇayana] [from pra-ṇaya > pra-ṇī] n. bringing forwards, conducting, conveying, fetching, [???; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] means or vessel for bringing or fetching (cf. agni-)
3) [v.s. ...] showing, betraying (cf. śraddhā-)
4) [v.s. ...] (with daṇḍasya or daṇḍa.), applying (the rod), infliction of (punishment), [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya]
5) [v.s. ...] establishing, founding (of a school), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] execution, performance, practice, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature]
7) [v.s. ...] bringing forward, adducing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] composing, writing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] satisfying, satiating, [Rāmāyaṇa]
10) Prāṇāyana (प्राणायन):—[from prāṇa > prān] 1. prāṇāyana n. (for 2. See below) an organ of sense, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
11) [from prān] 2. prāṇāyana m. (for 1. See under prāṇa) the offspring of the vital airs, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] (cf. [gana] naḍādi).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPraṇayāna (प्रणयान):—[pra-ṇayāna] (naḥ) 1. m. Lover’s quarrel.
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPraṇayana (प्रणयन) [Also spelled pranayan]:—(nm) writing, composition.
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