[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.s4.57 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.57 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.s4.57 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.s4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.57) Udāna is usually the fifth of the vital breaths (Prāṇa) when five are enumerated.¹ Sometimes² it appears as the second, coming after Prāṇa, and followed by Vyāna or Samāna. Again,³ it is found simply opposed to Prāṇa, or it simply follows Prāṇa and Apāna.⁴ In the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa⁵ it is treated as the breath that consumes food, a notion traceable in the later Upaniṣads,⁶ while it is also regarded as the wind that rises up by the throat,⁷ and leads the spirit forth at death.⁸ - [Previous: v1.c3.s4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.56) - [Next: v1.c3.s4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.58) - [Up: v1.c3.s4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4) ## Linked texts (6) - [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.5.4) — Sanskrit - [Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*maitrayani.3.12.9) — Sanskrit - [Chāndogyopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.chandogya.3.13.5) — Sanskrit - [Aitareyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.aitareya.2.3.3) — Sanskrit - [Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.mukhya.brhadaranyaka.1.5.3) — Sanskrit - [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.9.2.2.5) — Yājñavalkya & Śāṇḍilya (Vedic teacher), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.s4.57) · Pramāṇa