A History of Indian Philosophy v2.c19.s8.16

v2.c19.s8.16

³ Difference between *prāṇa* and *vāyu*, *Aitareya*, II. 4; the *nāsikya prāṇa*, I. 4. Relation of *prāṇa* to other functions, *Kauṣītaki*, II. 5; *prāṇa* as life, II. 8; *prāṇa* connected with *vāyu*, II. 12; *prāṇa* as the most important function of life, II. 14; *prāṇa* as consciousness, III. 2. Distinction of *nāsikya* and *mukhya prāṇa*, *Chāndogya*, II. 1-9; the function of the five *vāyus*, III. 3-5; *prāṇa* as the result of food, I. 8. 4; of water, VI. 5. 2, VI. 6. 5, VI. 7. 6; *prāṇa* connected with *ātman*, as everything else connected with *prāṇa*, like spokes of a wheel, *Bṛhadāraṇyaka*, II. 5. 15; *prāṇa* as strength, *ibid.* V. 14. 4; *prāṇa* as force running through the *suṣumṇā* nerve, *Maitrī*, VI. 21; etc.