ānāpāna (2734)

ānāpāna
Entry 2734, Page 96, Col. 1

(AnApAna, AnApAna)
ānāpāna¦ (= Pali id.), breath (see below): °na-bhā- vanā-vidhiḥ Mvy 1165; °na-smṛti (= Pali °na-sati), mind- [Page096-b+ 71] fulness of breathing, Mvy 1166; Bbh 110.24; 204.26; 396.22; Ud xv.1; °nānusmṛti, id., ŚsP 60.8; on this and ŚsP 1443.8 (where text ānāpā-nusmṛtir) see s.v. anusmṛti. The word is an old dvandva; āna (= prāṇa) plus apāna (cf. Skt. prāṇāpāna, on which see G.W. Brown, JAOS 39.104 ff.). In Pali commentarial diction replaced by assāsa-passāsa (= āśvāsa-praśvāsa, q.v.). Tib. on Mvy 1166 ānāpāna (-smṛtiḥ) renders dbugs rṅub pa daṅ ḥbyuṅ ba, breathing in and out; the same or related terms are used for āśvāsa and praśvāsa. It is clear that Tib. understands āna = āśvāsa as inbreathing, apāna = pra- śvāsa as outbreathing. There is BHS evidence supporting this interpretation of āśvāsa-praśvāsa, q.v.

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