प्राणायाम
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Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- প্ৰাণায়াম (Assamese script)
- ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬡᬵᬬᬵᬫ (Balinese script)
- প্রাণায়াম (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰜𑰯𑰧𑰯𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀬𑀸𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- ပြာဏာယာမ (Burmese script)
- પ્રાણાયામ (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਰਾਣਾਯਾਮ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌣𑌾𑌯𑌾𑌮 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦿꦴꦟꦴꦪꦴꦩ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂝𑂰𑂨𑂰𑂧 (Kaithi script)
- ಪ್ರಾಣಾಯಾಮ (Kannada script)
- ប្រាណាយាម (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ຣາຓາຍາມ (Lao script)
- പ്രാണായാമ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡵᠠ᠊ᠠᢏᠠ᠊ᠠᠶᠠ᠊ᠠᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘰𑘧𑘰𑘦 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠠᢗᢏᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑦼𑧑𑧇𑧑𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐞𑐵𑐫𑐵𑐩 (Newa script)
- ପ୍ରାଣାଯାମ (Odia script)
- ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢠꢵꢫꢵꢪ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆟𑆳𑆪𑆳𑆩 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖜𑖯𑖧𑖯𑖦 (Siddham script)
- ප්රාණායාම (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩪𑩛𑩻𑩛𑩴 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚘𑚭𑚣𑚭𑚢 (Takri script)
- ப்ராணாயாம (Tamil script)
- ప్రాణాయామ (Telugu script)
- ปฺราณายาม (Thai script)
- པྲཱ་ཎཱ་ཡཱ་མ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒝𑒰𑒨𑒰𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨘𑨊𑨪𑨊𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of प्राण (prāṇá, “life force, vital energy, the breath”) (whence also English prana) + आयाम (āyāma, “lengthening, extending, stretching”).
Noun
प्राणायाम • (prāṇā-yāma) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | प्राणायामः (prāṇāyāmaḥ) | प्राणायामौ (prāṇāyāmau) | प्राणायामाः (prāṇāyāmāḥ) |
| accusative | प्राणायामम् (prāṇāyāmam) | प्राणायामौ (prāṇāyāmau) | प्राणायामान् (prāṇāyāmān) |
| instrumental | प्राणायामेन (prāṇāyāmena) | प्राणायामाभ्याम् (prāṇāyāmābhyām) | प्राणायामैः (prāṇāyāmaiḥ) |
| dative | प्राणायामाय (prāṇāyāmāya) | प्राणायामाभ्याम् (prāṇāyāmābhyām) | प्राणायामेभ्यः (prāṇāyāmebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | प्राणायामात् (prāṇāyāmāt) | प्राणायामाभ्याम् (prāṇāyāmābhyām) | प्राणायामेभ्यः (prāṇāyāmebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | प्राणायामस्य (prāṇāyāmasya) | प्राणायामयोः (prāṇāyāmayoḥ) | प्राणायामानाम् (prāṇāyāmānām) |
| locative | प्राणायामे (prāṇāyāme) | प्राणायामयोः (prāṇāyāmayoḥ) | प्राणायामेषु (prāṇāyāmeṣu) |
| vocative | प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma) | प्राणायामौ (prāṇāyāmau) | प्राणायामाः (prāṇāyāmāḥ) |