History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1759
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1759
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Prāṇa: Atharvaveda on Prāṇa as Prajāpati 1495; controversy about meaning (in ancient times) of prāṇa and apāna 1434, five āhutis in agnihotra to prāṇa, apāna, vyāna, samāna and udāna in Upaniṣads, 1433, P in Upaniṣads becomes the vital force of all beings, the representative of brahman 1433, P. means thoracic breath and apāna means abdominal breath 1434; some difference in the operation of the five prāṇas made at least a thousand years before Christ 1433