Book Title: General Index to Names and Subject Matter
Author(s): M Winternitz
Publisher: Oxford

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________________ 434 PRANAS udâna, 1, 46 sq., 223; 15, 148; 29, 295; 34, 342; 38, 86, 89; 41, 336 sq., 339; 48, 466 sq., 574 sq.; Prânâgnihotra, five Agnihotra oblations to Prâna, &c., 1, 89-91; 14, 262-4, 266, 304 sq.; 38, 249-52; 44, 321, 378; offering of the P., 8, 61 sq.; their movements in the body, 8, 237 sq.; produced from food, 8, 238; from the Brahman the P. proceed, and into it they enter, 8, 258; speech produced by means of the P., 8, 263-6; speech dwelt between prâna and apâna, 8, 264; Prânâyâma or restraint of P., 8, 266 n.; the five P. as five priests, 8, 270; death met with on the exhaustion of the P., 8, 270; the five P. appeal to Brahman to decide who is the greatest amongst them, 8, 271-4; when a creature is born, which of the P. comes into existence first? 8, 274-7; there are three P. (prâna, udâna, vyâna) in man, 8, 331; 12, 20, 99; 15, 196, 198; 26, 17, 210, 252-8, 255 n., 260, 262-5, 323, 358 sq., 366; 41, 317; 43, 236 sq., 402; 44, 89 sq., 246, 321, 467, 470, 499; the five P. are joined to the inner self, and together with speech, mind, and understanding make the eight constituents of the universe, 8, 336; two or three vital airs (prâna, udâna, &c.), 12, 19 sq. and n.; the Samidhs identified with the P., 12, 152; the rays of the sun extend down to the P., 12, 343; prayer to the five P., 14, 299, 299 1.; the Vyâhritis as the breathings, 15, 49; Prâna, Apâna, Vyâna form the body of the Self, 15, 55, 308; identified or connected with the quarters, 15, 160, 338-40; the origin, entry, place, the fivefold distribution (Apâna, &c.), and the internal state of the Prâna, 15, 276-8, 293 sq.; eating, a sacrifice to the P., 15, 312; are born of the mind, 26, 39; identified with deities, 26, 39; 41, 273; grahas are the vital airs, 26, 298 sq., 301, 419-21, 424; created seven persons or souls, 41, 144, 144 1.; assuming the form of a bird, the P. became Pragâpati, 41, 157, 157 n.; in-breathing and out-breathing protect life, 42, 49 sq., 52 sq., 57, 60; bricks of the fire-altar identified with P., 43, 60, 82, 90; up-breathing and in-breathing identified with full and new moon, 44, 31; foreofferings and after-offerings represented as out-breathings and offbreathings, 44, 43, 43 n.; navel the channel of central breathing, 44, 58; Mitra is in-breathing, Varuna is offbreathing, 44, 269; oblations to inbreathing and off-breathing, 44, 378. (c) THE P. AS ORGANS OF SENSE AND ACTION. In dreamless sleep the P. become absorbed in the prâna (breath) alone, 1, 58, 307; the quarrel of the P., viz. breath, speech, eye, ear, mind, 1, 72-4; 8, 207; 15, 201-4, 274 sq.; 34, lxx, 304; 38, 88 sq., 186 sqq., 200, 211, 215, 309; 48, 572, 574; all senses are breath, therefore they are called the P. or breaths, 1, 74; 15, 97 sq.; 48, 577 sq.; meditation on P. as identified with the hymns of the Rig-veda and their poets, 1, 21418; after having become one, the P. perceive speech, form, sound, thought together, but breath alone is self-consciousness, 1, 294 sq.; absorption of the other P. into breath, at the time of death, 1, 295 sq.; 15, 126; the seats of the P., 7, 285; the P., the tongue, the mind, and the qualities of goodness and passion make up the manifestations as individual entities, 8, 292, 292 n.; offerings to the P. (breath, speech, &c.), 15, 210 sq.; 44, 504, 506; prâna, vital air, a generic name denoting the sense-organs, and the manas, 34, lix, 261, 269 sqq.; 38, 65 n., 93 sq., 96; their origination, 34, lix; 38, 74-9; 48, 568-70; they are minute, 34, lix; 38, 84; 48, 572 sq.; are superintended and guided in their activity by special divinities, they are independent principles, not mere modifications of the chief vital air, 34, lix; 38, 91-6; 48, 586 sq.; do not depart from the body, 34, cxii; the word 'person' applied to them, 34, 261; the instance of the P. illustrates the identity of cause and effect, 34, 342 sq.; the individual soul is the sustaining principle of the P., 34, 361; 38, 367 sq.; difference of scriptural Digitized by Microsoft®

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