| (H1) | vāyú 1 [p= 942,2] [L=191228]
m. |
(fr. √2. vā) wind , air (as one of the 5 elements ; in MBh. 7 winds are reckoned) RV. &c
| [L=191229] |
the god of the wind (often associated with |
indra in the ṛg-veda , as vāta [q.v.] with parjanya , but although of equal rank with indra , not occupying so prominent a position ; in the puruṣasūkta he is said to have sprung form the breath of puruṣa , and elsewhere is described as the son-in-law of tvaṣṭṛ ; be is said to move in a shining car drawn by a pair of red or purple horses or by several teams consisting of ninety-nine or a hundred or even a thousand horses [cf. ni-yút] ; he is often made to occupy the same chariot with indra , and in conjunction with him honoured with the first draught of the soma libation ; he is rarely connected with the maruts , although in i , 134 , 4 , he is said to have begotten them from the rivers of heaven ; he is regent of the nakṣatra svāti and north-west quarter » loka-pāla) ib.
| [L=191230] |
breathing , breath |
VPra1t I1s3Up.
| [L=191231] |
the wind of the body , a vital air (of which 5 are reckoned , viz. |
prā*ṇa , apā*na , samāna , udāna , and vyāna ; or nāga , kūrma , kṛkara , devadatta , and dhanaṃ-jaya) Hariv. Sa1m2khyak. Veda7ntas.
| [L=191232] |
(in medicine) the windy humour or any morbid affection of it |
Sus3r.
| [L=191233] |
the wind as a kind of demon producing madness |
Ka1d. Vcar. (cf. -grasta)
| [L=191234] |
(in |
astron.) N. of the fourth muhūrta
| [L=191235] |
a mystical |
N. of the letter ya Up.
| [L=191236] |
N. |
of a vasu Hariv.
| [L=191237] |
of a |
daitya ib.
| [L=191238] |
of a king of the |
gandharvas VP.
| [L=191239] |
of a |
marut R.
| [L=191240] |
pl. |
the maruts Katha1s. Ma1rkP.
| (H1) | vāyú 2 [p= 943,1] [L=191393]
mfn. |
(fr. √ vai) tired , languid RV. vii , 91 , 1.
| (H1) | vāyú 3 [L=191394]
mfn. |
(fr. √ vī) desirous , covetous , greedy (for food , applied to calves) TS.
| [L=191395] |
desirable , desired by the appetite |
RV.
