prana

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See also: praną, prána, and pɽaŋa

English

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Etymology

From Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa, “breath; life”).

Pronunciation

Noun

prana (countable and uncountable, plural pranas)

  1. (Hinduism, yoga) Respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force.
    • 1919, Swami Paramananda, transl., The Upanishads:
      He it is who sends the (in-coming) Prana (life-breath) upward and throws the (out-going) breath downward.
    • 1919, Swami Paramananda, transl., The Upanishads:
      He who knows Aditi, who rises with Prana (the Life Principle), existent in all the Devas.
    • 1919, Swami Paramananda, transl., The Upanishads:
      May my limbs, speech, Prana (life-force), sight, hearing, strength and all my senses, gain in vigor.

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Italian

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa, “breath, life”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpra.na/
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: prà‧na

Noun

prana m (invariable)

  1. prana

Further reading

  • prana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Participle

prana

  1. feminine nominative singular of prany

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpra.na/
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  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Syllabification: pra‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa).

Noun

prana f

  1. (Hinduism) prana
Declension
Declension of prana
singular
nominative prana
genitive prany
dative pranie
accusative pranę
instrumental praną
locative pranie
vocative prano

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

prana

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of prany

Further reading

  • prana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sardinian

Etymology

From earlier *plana, from Latin plāna.

Noun

prana

  1. plane (tool)

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

prana (Cyrillic spelling прана)

  1. inflection of prati:
    1. feminine singular passive past participle
    2. neuter plural passive past participle

Spanish

Noun

prana m (uncountable)

  1. (Hindusim) prana

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