udan

Dictionary meanings for udan from Apte and Monier-Williams.

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udan

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

2 P. (ud-an) To breathe upwards, send out the breath in an upward direction (opp. apān).

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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary

n. [uṃd-kanin] Water (usually occurring in compounds either at the beginning or at the end, and as an optional substitute for udaka after the acc. dual. It has no forms for the first five inflec- tions. In comp. it drops its n); e. g. udadhi, acchoda, kṣīroda &c. Comp. odanaḥ water-meal. kīrṇaḥ ryaḥ N. of a tree (mahākaraṃja) (the bark of which is rubbed and thrown in water to stun the fishes). kuṃbhaḥ a...

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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

(for 1., see p. 183, col. 3) P. -aniti (and āniti Br2A1rUp. iii, 4, 1; cf. vy- an; p. -an/at S3Br.; aor. 3. pl. -āniṣus AV. iii, 13, 4) to breathe upwards, emit the breath in an upward direction; to breathe out, breathe AV.; S3Br.; Br2A1rUp. 022546 184,2 32327 m. breathing upwards 184,2 32328 m. one of the five vital airs of the human body (that which is in the throat and rises upwards) Veda1ntas. 97; AV. xi, 8, 4;...

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