[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) › v2.c4.737 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.737 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v2.c4.737 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c4.737](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.737) The word Prāṇa has sometimes merely the general sense of breath, even when opposed to Apāna.³⁰ But its proper sense is beyond question ‘breathing forth,’ ‘expiration,’ and not as the St. Petersburg Dictionary explains it, ‘the breath inspired,’ a version due to the desire to interpret Apāna as ‘expiration,’ a meaning suggested by the preposition apa, ‘away.’ This being clearly shown both by the native scholiasts³¹ and by other evidence,³² Böhtlingk³³ later accepted the new view. - [Previous: v2.c4.736](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.736) - [Next: v2.c4.738](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.738) - [Up: v2.c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.737](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v2.c4.737) · Pramāṇa