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383; is different from air, it is an instrument of the soul, 48, 573, 575. (c) THE CHIEF VITAL AIR AND THE ORGANS OF THE SOUL.
The mukhya prana, b. in the mouth, or chief vital air, is free from evil, 1, 5; its importance for the other vital breaths or senses, 1, 5 sq.; 38, 89, 95; by it the Devas conquered the Asuras, 1, 5; 15, 79 sq.; there is one unmoving life-wind, 8, 274; a hymn addressed to the chief Prâna, who is identified with all the gods, 15, 275 sq.; is produced from Brahman, is distinct from air in general and from the other vital airs, and is minute, 34, lix; 38, 8491, 93-6; 48, 575; according to the Sânkhyas, the combined function of all organs, 38, 86; various powers ascribed to it, 38, 87; is independent in the body, like the individual soul, 38, 87; is subordinate to the soul, 38, 88; has five functions like mind, 38, 89 sq.; acts under the guidance of Vâyu, 38, 91 sq.; is not a senseorgan, 38, 93 sq.; accompanies the soul when leaving its body, 38, 102; glorified in the Udgîtha-vidyâ, 38, 192-5; esoteric knowledge about it, 44, 83 sq.; created, 48, 572 sq.;Vâyu among the Devas, b. (prâna) among the Prânas, the end of all, 1, 58; 34, lxxiv; 38, 256-9; swallows during sleep and at death all senses, but produces them again at the time of waking, 1, 59, 59 n., 295 sq.; 43, 332; is the best among the senses or organs, 1, 73 sq., 207, 290 sq., 294 sq.; 15, 97 sq., 201-4, 274 sq.; 38, 256; when b. departs, the other senses depart with it, 1, 223; the union of speech and mind, 1, 248; b. and speech swallow each other; speech is the mother, b. is the son, 1, 256; the inner Agnihotra, or the offering of b. in speech, and of speech in b., 1, 266, 283; 48, 294 sq.; see also Prânâgnihotra; is the beginning of all words, 8, 353; the triad of mind, speech, b., 15, 93-7; is one of the pañkaganâb, or 'five-people,' 34, 260-2; speech, b., and mind presuppose fire, water, and earth, 38, 78 sq.; b. and speech, male and female, 43, 285; speech
created B., B. the Eye, 43, 377 sq. See also Prânas.
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Identified with the sun, 1, 7, 214; all these beings merge into b., and from b. they arise, 1, 20; 34, 85 sq.; 48, 569; prâna, spirit or b., is all whatever exists here, 1, 49, 120; 34, 64; 44, 15; prâna or b. is the highest Brahman, 1, 55-8, 55 n., 58 sq. n., 65, 65 n., 233 sq., 280 sqq.; 15, 65, 142, 154, 194; 34, xxxiv, 84-7, 97-106, 272; 38, 143; 48, 246, 250-4, 256, 276 sq.; is the oldest and the best, 1, 72, 76; 38, 84 sq., 186 sq.; 48, 636 sq.; is sattya, the true, 1, 209; all things are supported by b., 1, 210; 15, 275; 48, 47 sq.; Indra said: 'I am Prana (b.), O Rishi, thou art Prâna, all things are Prána. For it is Prâna who shines as the sun, and I here pervade all regions under that form, 1, 219, 236, 294; 48,250-4; is Hiranyagarbha, 1, 236; 15, 16; is the couch of Brahman, 1, 277; meditation on the absorption of the gods into b. or Brahman, 1, 288-90; is blessed, imperishable, immortal, independent of good and bad actions, the guardian of the world, the king of the world, the lord of the universe, and Indra's self, 1, 299 sq.; Aditi arises with Prâna, 15, 16; b. in which everything trembles is Brahman, 15, 21, 21 n.; 34, xxxvii, 229-31; the Person (purusha) is the b., 15, 38; 25, 513; is the one god, 15, 142; 34, 200, 269; 44, 117; is the Self, 15, 287, 290, 311-13; 34, 231; 48, 569; Time (Kâla) is b., and only a manifestation of Brahman, 15, 302; invoked for protection, 29, 232, 348; is the bhûman b. or the highest Self? 34, 162-8; through knowledge of the b.as Brahman immortality arises, 34, 229-31; is the maker of all the persons, the person in the sun, the person in the moon, &c., 34, 269; by means of b. the gods aroused the sun, 42, 51; Prâna, life or b., exalted as the supreme spirit, 42, 218-20, 622-6; Prâna as a rain-god, 42, 218 sq., 623 sq.; is the Visvagyotis, 43, 131; 'he who waketh in
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