[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.406 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.406 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.406 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.406](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.406) Apāna.—The word appears repeatedly in the Atharvaveda,¹ and later as one of the vital breaths (Prāṇa), usually with Prāṇa, and often with one or more of the other three. Its original sense² appears to have been ‘inspiration.’ Its connection with the lower part of the body (nābhi, ‘navel’), which is found already in the Aitareya Upaniṣad,³ is not unnatural. - [Previous: v1.c3.405](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.405) - [Next: v1.c3.407](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.407) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.406](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.406) · Pramāṇa