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    See also anāyus, anāyuṣ.


    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 138, col. 1.
    annāyus Bahuvr. m. (-yuḥ) Living through food, an epithet

    of apāna; see annāyu. (A comm. on the passage quoted

    under the preceding word, adopts the form annāyus in ob-

    serving: annamadāmetyādiśrutyantare prāṇasyānnāyuṣṭvaṃ prasiddham. E.

    anna and āyus.

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 213, col. 1.
    annāyus tri0 annamāyurjīvanasādhanamasya . annajīvane sa
    eṣo'nnasya grahoyadvāyurannāyurvvā eṣa yadvāyuriti ai0
    upa0 . annāyurannanibandhanāyurannajīvana ityarthaḥ .