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pranas

pranas is the plural of prana.

Meaning of prana

Noun

prana (countable and uncountable, plural pranas)

  1. (Hinduism, yoga) Respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force.
    • He it is who sends the (in-coming) Prana (life-breath) upward and throws the (out-going) breath downward.1919, Swami Paramananda, transl., The Upanishads

Questions about pranas

What is pranas the plural of?
Pranas is the plural of prana.

Words near pranas in the dictionary

  1. prana
  2. pranam
  3. pranama
  4. pranamas
  5. pranams
  6. pranas
  7. Pranay
  8. pranayam
  9. pranayama
  10. pranayamas
  11. pranayams

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