pranaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa, “breath; life”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈpɹɑːnə/
• 韻: -ɑːnə

名詞

prana (countable and uncountable, plural pranas)

1. (Hinduism, yoga) Respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force. [from 18th c.]
   • 1919, Swami Paramananda, transl., The Upanishads:

     He it is who sends the (in-coming) Prana (life-breath) upward and throws the (out-going) breath downward.

   • 1919, Swami Paramananda, transl., The Upanishads:

     He who knows Aditi, who rises with Prana (the Life Principle), existent in all the Devas.

   • 1919, Swami Paramananda, transl., The Upanishads:

     May my limbs, speech, Prana (life-force), sight, hearing, strength and all my senses, gain in vigor.

派生語

• pranic

アナグラム

• Rapan