the process of taking air into the lungs and letting it out; an inhaling and exhaling.

the air inhaled by living beings.

the entity in living beings distinct from the physical body and experiences and carries out all the functions of the body.

food, the essential thing for the survival of all living beings.

physical strength of a living being.

one of the five vital winds in the human body.

the Supreme Being.

the plant Cocotrine aloes, given to a woman in child-birth.

(fig.) the most loved thing or a beloved person.

ಪ್ರಾಣ ಕಳೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳು prāṇa kḷedukoḷḷu to end one's life; to commit suicide; ಪ್ರಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಬರು prāṇakke baru (fig.) (a very difficult situation) to arise; ಪ್ರಾಣ ತಿನ್ನು prāṇa tinnu to annoy or bother persistently or repeatedly; 2. to compel unreasonably and persistently; ಪ್ರಾಣ ಹಿಂಡು prāṇa hiṇḍu = ಪ್ರಾಣ ತಿನ್ನು; ಪ್ರಾಣ ಹಿಡಿ prāṇa hiḍi (fig.) to hold one's life tenaciously (for a purpose, despite odds and difficulties); ಪ್ರಾಣ ಹೋಗು prāṇa hōgu (death) to occur; 2. (fig.) to experience great pain, agony or to undergo severe embarrassment.

the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in living beings, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the soul.

(fig.) a most dearest person.

the act of crossing over (from one side to another).

thorough knowledge acquired by study, research, etc.; learning; scholarship; erudition.

a man characterised by great knowledge; a learned man; a scholar.

over-bearing pride; insolent display of superiority and self-importance; arrogance; insolence; disdain.

disdainful words or speech.

a taking of food breaking a day's fasting.

the state of being satisfied; satisfaction.

(hist.) a particular kind of tax levied by a government.

a wing of a bird.

a leaf of a plant, in gen.

in particular, a leaf of betal plant.

the tree Butea frondosa of Papilionaceae family; bastard teak.

belonging to olden times; old; ancient.

long; esp. too long or so long as to be tiresome; lengthy.

decayed; worn out; dilapidated.

the quality or fact of being ancient.

that which belongs to ancient times.

a tale, story of the past; a legend; ancient or legendary history.

any of the eighteen Samskřta texts, compiled and edited by Vēdavyāsa, that include myths, legends, methods of worship, geographical and historical details, etc. and which traditionally have five main topics - creation, re-creation (after periodic destruction), geneology (of gods and sages), Manvantaras, an account of great periods of time, and histories of dynasties.

similar works in Jaina tradition.

(fig.) a lengthy, tiresome account, narration, etc.

idle talk; tattle.

= ನಾರದಪುರಾಣ.