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单词 prana
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pranan.

Brit. /ˈprɑːnə/, U.S. /ˈprɑnə/
Forms: 1700s pran, 1800s– prana, 1900s– praana. Also with capital initial
Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit prāṇa.
Etymology: < Sanskrit prāṇa exhalation, breath, breath of life (one of five vital energies) < pra- forth (see pro n.1, adj.1, and prep.) + an- to breathe ( < the same Indo-European base as classical Latin animus : see animus n.). Compare pranayama n.
Hinduism and Yoga.
Breathing, respiration; the breath as the sign of life; the life principle inhabiting all animate things. In meditation: a breath, a single inhalation or (more rarely) exhalation.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [noun]
souleOE
lifeOE
spiritusOE
bloodOE
ghostOE
life and soulOE
quickship?c1225
quicknessc1230
breatha1300
spirita1325
spark1382
naturec1385
sparkle1388
livelinessa1398
rational soula1398
spiracle1398
animal spirit?a1425
vital spiritc1450
soul of the world1525
candle1535
fire1576
three souls1587
vitality?1592
candlelight1596
substance1605
vivacity1611
animality1615
vividity1616
animals1628
life spring1649
archeus1651
vital1670
spirituosity1677
springs of life1681
microcosmetor1684
vital force1702
vital spark (also flame)1704
stamen1718
vis vitae1752
prana1785
Purusha1785
jiva1807
vital force1822
heartbeat1828
world-soul1828
world-spirit1828
life energy1838
life force1848
ghost soul1869
will to live1871
biogen1882
ki1893
mauri1897
élan vital1907
orgone1942
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [noun]
lightOE
lightingOE
inspiration1303
illuminationsc1340
inyettingc1340
revelationc1384
oraclec1425
revealingc1429
informationc1450
infusionc1450
illustrationc1480
gospel1481
aspirationc1534
illuminating1561
afflation1576
entheos1594
enthusiasm1595
flame-light1611
illapse1614
inspirement1616
spiration1629
respirationa1631
irradiation1631
income1647
afflatus1649
theopneustian1660
entheasm1752
prana1785
inflation1835
theopneusty1847
inflatusa1861
theopneustia1894
1785 C. Wilkins tr. Bhăgvăt-Gēētā xv. 113 Joined with the two spirits..called Prān and Opān. I digest the food which they eat.
1875 M. 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.
1930 F. 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.
1938 S. Beckett Murphy 196 He..trusted he would be granted Prana to finish a monograph.
1960 J. 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.
1991 New Yorker 14 Oct. 56/2 He tries breathing and meditation. He wants to feel the prana ebb and flow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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