different between prana vs kundalini

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????? (pr??a, “breath; life”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p???n?/
• Rhymes: -??n?

Noun

prana (countable and uncountable, plural pranas)

1. (Hinduism, yoga) Respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force. [from 18th c.]
   • 1919, The Upanishads translated by Swami Paramananda:

     He it is who sends the (in-coming) Prana (life-breath) upward and throws the (out-going) breath downward.

   • 1919, The Upanishads translated by Swami Paramananda:

     He who knows Aditi, who rises with Prana (the Life Principle), existent in all the Devas.

   • 1919, The Upanishads translated by Swami Paramananda:

     May my limbs, speech, Prana (life-force), sight, hearing, strength and all my senses, gain in vigor.

Derived terms

• pranic

Anagrams

• Rapan

Italian

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????? (pr??a, “breath, life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pra.na/
• Hyphenation: prà?na

Noun

prana m (invariable)

1. prana

References

• prana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pra.na/

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit ????? (pr??a).

Noun

prana f

1. (Hinduism) prana

Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Participle

prana

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of prany

Further reading

• prana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sardinian

Etymology

From earlier *plana, from Latin pl?na.

Noun

prana

1. plane (tool)

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

prana (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. inflection of prati:
   1. feminine singular passive past participle
   2. neuter plural passive past participle

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????????? (ku??alin?, “coiled”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kun?da?li?ni

Noun

kundalini (countable and uncountable, plural kundalinis)

1. (yoga) An energy said to lie coiled at the base of the spine, which can be released by yoga.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 131:

     For us it is, of course, a symbol of the caduceus of Aesculapius, of the spinal column, of the kundalini-serpent of the Indians – you will be able to trace the ancestry of the idea through many continents and many religions.

Derived terms

• kundalini syndrome

See also

• chakra
• pranotthana

Spanish

Noun

kundalini m (plural kundalinis)

1. kundalini