apāna

apāna n. (-naṃ)

1 The anus.

2 A fart, one of the five vital airs.

E. apa below, ana to breathe, ghañ aff.

apā_na (naṃ) 1. n. The anus; a fart.

apāna Tatpur. m. (-naḥ) ¹ The air which goes downwards; in

the Vedas, in the doctrine of the Upanishads as well as in

the philosophical and medical systems, the air (comp. vāta,

vāyu) which is inhaled and descends the body, one of the

five vital airs which are supposed to pervade the latter; (op-

posed to prāṇa, the air which is exhaled or proceeds from the

body; comp. besides udāna, samāna, vyāna and see ana); in

the legend of the Aitareya Upan. it is therefore this vital air

which is able to seize food, (for it introduces it into the body),

and to give support to life; comp. annāyu. In the Śatapath.

and Bṛhadār. Upan. it is called, from the same reason, the

function of smelling (and the odour inhaled): prāṇo vai grahaḥ

so'pānenātigrāheṇa gṛhīto'pānena hi gandhaṃ jighrati. In the

Vedānta-Sāra it is defined: apāno nāmāvāggamanavānpāyvā-

disthānavartī (comm. adho nābheradhastādgamanavānmalādyānayana-

vyāpāreṇa . pāyurgudam . tatsthānavartītyarthaḥ . ādiśabdādupasthagra-

haḥ . tatrāpi mūtraretovisargasyāpānakarmatvāt); in the Sāṅkhya it

is like the other four vital airs the function which is common

to buddhi, ahaṅkāra and manas qq. vv. (Sāṅkhya prav. sāmānyaka-

raṇavṛttiḥ prāṇādyā vāyavaḥ pañca) and explained by the comm.

apanayanādapānastatra yatsyandanaṃ tadapi sāmānyavṛttirindriyasya.

In the Kaṇāda-Sūtra prāṇāpānanimeṣonmeṣa°° it is explained

as having the property of adhogamanaṃ phutkārādau vā tiryagga-

manam. This theory is then more fully developed in Su-

śruta's Nidānasthāna where the inhaled vital air ‘resides in

the rectum and in time draws down the excrements, urine,

semen, fœtus and menses’ (pakvādhānālayo'pānaḥ kāle

karṣati cāpyayam . samīraṇaḥ śakṛnmūtraśukragarbhārtavānyadhaḥ), and

‘when obstructed by bile produces burning, heat and a little

blood, when obstructed by phlegm, heaviness in the lower

part of the body’ (apāne pittasaṃyukte dāhauṣṇye syādasṛgda-

ram . adhaḥkāye gurutvaṃ ca tasminneva kaphāvṛte). Comp. also the

following from the musical work Saṅgītadarpaṇa: prāṇāpā-

nau tathā vyānasamānodānasaṃjñakāḥ . nāgaṃ kūrmaṃ ca kṛkalaṃ devadattaṃ

dhanaṃjayam (sic, neuter; comp. these latter words in the Vedānta-

Sāra p. 9) . teṣāṃ mukhyatamaḥ prāṇo nābhikandhādadhaḥ sthitaḥ .

śabdoccāraṇaniḥśvāsocchvāsakāsādikāraṇam . apānastu gude

meḍhre kaṭījaṅghodare tathā . vyāno'kṣiśrotragulpheṣu kaṭyāṃ ghrāṇe ca

tiṣṭhati . samāno vyāpya nikhilaṃ śarīraṃ vahninā saha . udānaḥ

pādayorāste hastayoraṅgasaṃdhiṣu . tvagādidhātūnāśritya pañca nā-

gādayaḥ sthitāḥ.--An improvement on Suśruta seems to have

been intended by Hemachandra who makes the apāna run

down from the nape of the neck to the heels (apānapavano

manyāpṛṣṭhapṛṣṭhāntapārṣṇigaḥ; comm. pṛṣṭhānto gudaḥ . pārṣṇī pādapa-

ścādbhāgau). ² A fart. ³ The anus. E. an with apa, kṛt aff. ghañ.

apāna apāna, i. e. apa-an + a, m. 1.

One of the five vital airs, that which

goes downwards, Vedāntas. in Chr.

207, 10. 2. The anus (cf. an).

Apāna, as, m. expiration, breathing out (opposed

to prāṇa); that of the five vital airs which goes

downwards and out at the anus; (am), n. the anus;

ventris crepitus. —Apāna-dā, ās, m. Ved. giving

the vital air Apāna. —Apana-dvāra, am, n. the

anus. —Apāna-pavana, as, m. the vital air Apāna.

—Apāna-pā, ās, m., Ved. protecting the Apāna.

—Apāna-bhṛt, t, f. cherishing the vital air, a sacri-

ficial brick. —apāna-vāyu, us, m. the air Apāna;

ventris crepitus.

apāná m. the wind that goes downward (in the body); the anus.

apāna apa_aná, m. downward breath (one of
the vital airs); anus; -udgāra, m. fart.

apāná m. (opposed to prāṇá), that of the five vital airs which goes downwards and out at the anus

the anus, MBh. (in this sense also (am) n., L.)

N. of a Sāman, PBr.

ventris crepitus, L.

apāna

n. (-naṃ)

1. The anus.

2. A fart, one of the five vital airs.

E. apa
below, ana to breathe, ghañ aff.

apāna apāna m. (an) le souffle expiré; respiration, haleine.

Un des cinq souffles ou esprits vitaux: apāne juhvanti prāṇam ils sacrifient l'aspiration dans la respiration.

Anus.

Cf. udāna, prāṇa, samāna, vyāna.

apāna- m. souffle de haut en bas, respiration en gén.; anus.

apānodgāra- m. pet.

apāná (von 1. an mit apa)

1) m. Aushauch (Gegens. prāṇa): memaṃ prā̀ṇo hā̂sī̀nmo âpā̀naḥ AV. 2, 28, 3. 5, 30, 12. 6, 41, 2. 15, 15, 2. 16, 1-7 (deren sieben). VS. 13, 19. 24. 14, 8. 12. 14. 17. 22, 23. 33. 23, 18. 25, 2. 36, 1. ŚAT. BR. 8, 1, 3, 8. 4, 2, 6. 5, 1, 14. 10, 1, 4, 3. 12. 11, 2, 7, 27. 14, 4, 3, 10. (= BṚH. ĀR. UP. 1, 5, 3.) prāṇo vai grahaḥ so 'pānenātigrāheṇa gṛhīto 'pānena (Einhauch?) hi gandhaṃ jighrati 6, 2, 2. (= BṚH. ĀR. UP. 3, 2, 2.) BHAG. 4, 29. prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsābhyantaracāriṇau 5, 27. Die indischen Lexicographen, die den apāna unter den fünf organischen Winden des Körpers aufführen, erklären ihn für den zum After hinausgehenden Wind. AK. 1, 1, 1, 59. H. an. 3, 354. MED. n. 28. Hiermit vgl. man folgende Stellen: pāyūpasthe 'pānaṃ cakṣuḥśrotre mukhanāsikābhyāṃ prāṇaḥ svayaṃ pratiṣṭhate madhye tu samānaḥ PRAŚNOP. 3, 5. 8. 4, 3. nābhirnirabhidyata nābhyā apāno 'pānānmṛtyuḥ AIT. UP. 1, 4. mṛtyurapāno bhūtvā nābhiṃ prāviśat 2, 4. 3, 10.

— 2) n. After AK. 2, 6, 2, 24. H. 612. an. 3, 354. MED. n. 28. apānapradeśānniḥsṛtaṃ dravyam SIDDH. K. zu P.3,1,15.

apāna

1) Z. 2 lies 5, 30, 15 st. 5, 30, 12. Am Schluss hinzuzufügen: apāno nāma vāyurnābhyadhiṣṭhātā TATTVAS. 32. vasiṣṭhasyāpānaḥ N. eines Sāman Ind. St.3,233,a.

— 2) Spr. 4195. apānodgāra Furz 903.

apāná m.

— 1) der eingezogene , von oben nach unten sich bewegende Hauch im Körper 264,20. 24.

apāná m. der Aushauch (einer von den Winden im Körper); After.

apāna m. (r. an spirare s. a) spiritus qui efflatur. BH.

4. 29. 5. 27.

apāna;
gudaḥ pāyurapānaṃ syātkaṭiprothau sphijau putau .
2.1.1.513

apāna pu0 apānayati apasārayati mūtrādi apa + ā + nī-
ḍa apasārayati adho'niti gacchati vā apa + ana—ac vā
1 mūtrāderadho nayanaśīle, guhyadeśasthe, “adhonayana-
tyapānastu āhārañca nṛṇā puna” tityuktalakṣaṇe “mūtraśukra-
vahovāyurapāna iti kīrttyate” ityuktalakṣaṇe ca vāyau .
“prāṇo'pānavyānasamāna ityetet sarvaṃ prāṇa” iti vṛ0
“apanayanāt mūtrapurīṣāderapāno'dhovṛttirvāvuḥ nābhi-
sthāna” iti mā0 “atha yo'sya pratyaṅśuṣiḥ so'-
pāna” iti chā0 u0 . “atha yo'sya pratyaṅśuṣiḥ paścima-
diktho vāyuviśevaḥ sa mūtrapurīṣādyannatho'nitītyapāna”
iti bhā0 “yadvai prāṇiti sa prāṇaḥ yadapāniti so'-
pāna iti” chā0 u0 . “yadvai puruṣaḥ prāṇiti
mukhanāsikābhyāṃ vāyuṃ vahirnissārayati sa prāṇākhyo
vāyurvāyuvṛttiviśeṣaḥ yadapānityapaśyamiti tābhyāmeva mukha-
nāsikābhyām antarākarṣati vāyuḥ so'pāno'pānākhyā
vṛttiriti” bhā0 . padārthādarśe tu pūrvvoktaiva niruktirdarśitā
yathā apānayatyapāno'yamāhāraṃ ca malārpitam . “śukraṃ
mūtraṃ tathotsargamapānastena mārutaḥ . indragopaprabhākāśaḥ
sandhyājaladasannibhaḥ .. sa ca meḍhre ca pāyau ca ūruvaṅkṣaṇa
jānuṣu . jaṅghodare kṛkāṭyāñca nābhimūle ca tiṣṭhatī” ti
yogārṇavaḥ . “prāṇāpānāntare devī vāgvai nityaṃ prati-
ṣṭhatīti” mahā0 bhā0 “prāṇāpānau samau kṛtvā nāsā-
bhyantaracāriṇā” viti gītā . apa + ana—bhāve ghañ . 2 a-
pānakriyāyām vahirgatāyāḥ 3 prāṇavṛtterantaḥ praveśane pu0
“prajābhyo'pānāyeti” tā0 brā0 . “apānaḥ vahirgatāyāḥ
prāṇavṛtterantaḥpraveśanamapānanaṃ tena hi vāyuḥ śarīre nīyate
apānena, yataḥ “prāṇo na parābhavatīti” śrutyantaramiti”
tā0 bhā0 . ādhāre ghañ 4 guhyasthāne pu0 .

*Apāna¹ (“inhalation”). § 660e (Bhṛgu-Bharadv.-s.): XII,

185, 6871: Apāna, having recourse to the heat (pāvakaṃ)

that is in the urethra and the abdominal intestines (basti-

mūlaṃ gudaṃ caiva), moves, engaged in carrying out urine

and fæces (cf. Prāṇa).—§ 714 (Śukakṛtya): XII, 329,

12397 (“the senses are dominated over by the Sādhyas, etc.;

these gave birth to an invincible son named Samāna; from

Samāna sprang a son called Udāna; from him Vyāna; from

Vyāna arose Apāna; and lastly, from Apāna sprang the wind

called Prāṇa”).

Apāna² = Śiva (1000 names¹).

Apāna. — The word appears repeatedly in the Atharvaveda,¹

and later as one of the vital breaths (Prāṇa), usually with

Prāṇa, and often with one or more of the other three. Its

original sense² appears to have been ‘inspiration.’ Its con-

nection with the lower part of the body (nābhi, ‘navel’), which

is found already in the Aitareya Upaniṣad,³ is not unnatural. [Footnote] 1) Av. ii. 28, 3; v. 30, 12, etc.; Vāja-

saneyi Saṃhitā, xiii. 19; 24, etc. [Footnote] 2) See Caland, Zeitschrift der Deut-

schen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, lv.

261; 56, 556-558, correcting Ewing,

Journal of the American Oriental Society,

22, 249 et seq. [Footnote] 3) Aitareya Upaniṣad, i. 4, etc.

Cf. Deussen, Philosophy of the Upani-

shads, 263 et seq.

Apāna (I) — a Sādhya god.

Br. III. 3. 16.

Apāna (II) — a Tuṣita god.

Br. III. 3. 19; Vā. 66. 18.

Apāna (III) — an Ajita deva.

Vā. 67. 34.