Concepts
Record
Root
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प्राण
prāṇa
Sound change: a + a → ā; n → ṇ after r.
Literally: Breathing forth.
Dimensions
What the usual translation loses
breath
Breath is the visible part. Prāṇa is the life that rides on it, and every Sanskrit syllable is shaped from it.
Where you meet it
Not in the ślokas here yet.