单词 | prana |
释义 | pranan. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1785 |
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