| 释义 |
‖ prana|ˈprɑːnə|
[Skr.]
In Hindu religion, the ‘breath of life’; hence in extended uses, a life-giving force or inspiration; the breath, breathing. Also pranayama, regulation of the breath; breathing-control.
1830H. T. Colebrooke in Trans. R. Asiatic Soc. II. 11 The term práṅa..properly and primarily signifies respiration, as well as certain other vital actions (inspiration, energy, expiration, digestion, or circulation of nourishment); and secondarily, the senses and organs. But, in the passages here referred to, it is employed for a different signification, intending the supreme Brahme. 1875Monier Williams Indian Wisdom ii. 40 Highest of all stands Prāṅa or Life. As the spokes of a wheel are attached to the nave, so are all things attached to Life. 1930F. Yeats-Brown Bengal Lancer v. 66 There was a saddhu at Puri who claimed to be able to resurrect sparrows..by breathing prana into them. 1938S. Beckett Murphy 196 He..trusted he would be granted Prana to finish a monograph. 1955E. Pound Section: Rock-Drill (1957) xciv. 92 Above prana, the light, past light, the crystal. 1956E. Wood Yoga Dict. 25/1 The shorter unit of time often mentioned in Sanskrit philosophical literature, though not used in prānāyāma is called the second or moment (kshana), and is often considered to be one quarter of the time taken up in shutting an eye. Ibid. 123/1 Prana, that Vital Air which is..concerned with the health and strength of the heart and its work in the body. 1959[see orgone]. 1960J. Hewitt Yoga v. 70 Prana, to the Yogi, means much more than mere breath. Prana is actually the power behind and within breath. The power of the atom is Prana. Thought is Prana... It pervades the whole universe. 1960Koestler Lotus & Robot i. iii. 117 The Yogi then demonstrated the extraordinary power of his chest muscles—the result of pranayama. 1970Man, Myth & Magic v. 146/3 The idea of an astral body is very old. Ancient Indian writings describe the eight siddhis or supernormal powers which can be acquired through a type of yoga called Pranayama. 1971‘A. Hall’ Warsaw Document xv. 185, I took a slow breath: the answer to panic is prana. 1979W. H. Canaway Solid Gold Buddha xi. 76 He..did some Pranayama, and calmed himself, through the rhythmic breathing. |