alpaprāṇa

alpa—prāṇa m. (in Gr.) slight breathing or weak aspiration (the effort in uttering the vowels, the semivowels y, r, l, v, the consonants k, c, ṭ, t, p, g, j, ḍ, d, b, and the nasals, is said to be accompanied with slight aspiration, but practically alpaprāṇa is here equivalent to unaspirated, as opposed to mahā-prāṇa, q.v.), Pāṇ. i, 1, 9, Sch.

alpa—prāṇa mfn. having short breath, not persevering, soon tired, Suśr. pronounced with slight breathing, Kāvyād.

1. alpaprāṇa (a° + prā°) m. schwacher Hauch, eine äussere Articulation (bāhyaprayatna), mit der die nicht aspirirten Tenues und Mediae, so wie die Nasale der fünf ersten Consonantenreihen, die Halbvocale und die Vocale ausgesprochen werden. P. 1, 1, 9, Sch.

2. alpaprāṇa (wie eben) adj. kurzathmig; apathisch: alpaprāṇaśca kriyāsu bhavati SUŚR. 1, 53, 7. Vgl. alpabalaprāṇa (von Pferden) N. 19, 15.

2. alpaprāṇa lies nicht ausdauernd st. apathisch und füge SUŚR. 1, 86, 12 hinzu. Vgl. u. 1. prāṇa 3).

1. alpaprāṇa m. Schwacher Hauch (gramm.).

2. alpaprāṇa Adj.

— 1) kurzathmig , so v.a. nicht ausdauernd.

— 2) mit schwachem Hauche ausgesprochen KĀVYĀD. 1,43.

alpaprāṇa pu0 alpaḥ prāṇaḥ prāṇanakriyā yasmin . varṇṇabhede
yasyoccāraṇe alpaprāṇavāyorvyāpārastasmin . sa ca śikṣā-
yāmuktaḥ “ayugmavargayamagāyaṇaścālpāsavaḥsmṛtāḥ” iti tathā ca
vargeṣu prathamatṛtīyapañcamavarṇṇāḥ yamagāḥ yavaralāśca alpāsavaḥ .
karmma0 . 2 tādṛśavarṇṇoccāraṇavāhyaṇyatne . vāhyaprayatnāstu
ekādaśapā “vivāraḥ saṃvāraḥ śvāsonādo ghoṣo'ghoṣo'lpa-
praṃṇo mahāprāṇa udātto'nudāttaḥ svaritaśceti” si0 kau0 .
alpaḥ pāṇaḥ prāṇahetukaṃ balamasya . 3 alpabale tri0 .