noun
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the process of taking air into the lungs and letting it out; an inhaling and exhaling.
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the air inhaled by living beings.
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the entity in living beings distinct from the physical body and experiences and carries out all the functions of the body.
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food, the essential thing for the survival of all living beings.
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physical strength of a living being.
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one of the five vital winds in the human body.
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the Supreme Being.
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the plant Cocotrine aloes, given to a woman in child-birth.
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(fig.) the most loved thing or a beloved person.
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ಪ್ರಾಣ ಕಳೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳು prāṇa kḷedukoḷḷu to end one's life; to commit suicide; ಪ್ರಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಬರು prāṇakke baru (fig.) (a very difficult situation) to arise; ಪ್ರಾಣ ತಿನ್ನು prāṇa tinnu to annoy or bother persistently or repeatedly; 2. to compel unreasonably and persistently; ಪ್ರಾಣ ಹಿಂಡು prāṇa hiṇḍu = ಪ್ರಾಣ ತಿನ್ನು; ಪ್ರಾಣ ಹಿಡಿ prāṇa hiḍi (fig.) to hold one's life tenaciously (for a purpose, despite odds and difficulties); ಪ್ರಾಣ ಹೋಗು prāṇa hōgu (death) to occur; 2. (fig.) to experience great pain, agony or to undergo severe embarrassment.