Pranayama, Prāṇāyāma, Prāṇayama, Prana-yama: 35 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPrāṇayama (प्राणयम):—(1. prāṇa + yama) m. = prāṇāyāma [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi] [?83; vgl. Oxforder Handschriften 186,b, Śloka 83.]
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Prāṇāyāma (प्राणायाम):—(1. prāṇa + ā) m. das Anhalten des Athems [GOBH.4,5,5.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 55.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch.3,200.] [Yogasūtra.2,29. 49.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 653.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa.3,28,11.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 39,27.] [Oxforder Handschriften 89,a,5. fgg. 236,b,23.] recakapūrakakumbhakalakṣaṇāḥ prāṇanigrahopāyāḥ prāṇāyāmāḥ [Vedānta lecture No. 131.] Fernere Belege s. u. āyāma 2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPrāṇayama (प्राणयम):—m. = prṇayāma.
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Prāṇāyāma (प्राणायाम):—m. Hemmung — , Unterdrückung des Athems. Auch Pl. [Gautama's Dharmaśāstra]
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Starts with: Pranayamadhura, Pranayamana, Pranayamapara, Pranayamasana, Pranayamashas, Pranayamashata, Pranayamasthairya, Pranayamavidhi, Pranayamavyakhya, Pranayamaya, Pranayamopanishad.
Ends with: Dravidapranayama.
Full-text (+198): Recaka, Ayama, Dravida, Kumbhaka, Ashtangayoga, Yoganga, Shvasaprashvasadharana, Puraka, Pavanayogasamgraha, Pranayam, Prashvasa, Pranayamashas, Ashtanga, Aayam, Pranavarodha, Akshepin, Purvanga, Kartavya, Kartavyavidhi, Vidhi.
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