vāyu | वायु | vAyu
1. vāyu/ | वायु/ | m. (fr. √ 2. vā | वा |) wind, air (as one of the 5 elements; in MBh. 7 winds are reckoned), RV. &c. &c.
the god of the wind (often associated with Indra in the Ṛg-veda, as Vāta [q.v.] with Parjanya, but although of equal rank with Indra, not occupying so prominent a position; in the Puruṣasūkta he is said to have sprung form the breath of Puruṣa, and elsewhere is described as the son-in-law of Tvaṣṭṛ; be is said to move in a shining car drawn by a pair of red or purple horses or by several teams consisting of ninety-nine or a hundred or even a thousand horses [cf. ni-yu/t | नि-यु/त् |]; he is often made to occupy the same chariot with Indra, and in conjunction with him honoured with the first draught of the Soma libation; he is rarely connected with the Maruts, although in i, 134, 4, he is said to have begotten them from the rivers of heaven; he is regent of the Nakṣatra Svāti and north-west quarter See loka-pāla | लोक-पाल |), ib.
breathing, breath, VPrāt.; ĪśUp.
the wind of the body, a vital air (of which 5 are reckoned, viz. prāṛa | प्राऋअ |, apāna | अपान |, samāna | समान |, udāna | उदान |, and vyāna | व्यान |; or nāga | नाग |, kūrma | कूर्म |, kfkara | क्फ़्कर |, devadatta | देवदत्त |, and ḍanaṃ-jaya | डनं-जय |), Hariv.; Sāṃkhyak.; Vedāntas.
(in medicine) the windy humour or any morbid affection of it, Suśr.
the wind as a kind of demon producing madness, Kād.; Vcar. (cf. -grasta | -ग्रस्त |)
(in astron.) N. of the fourth Muhūrta
a mystical N. of the letter ya | य |, Up.
N. of a Vasu, Hariv.
of a Daitya, ib.
of a king of the Gandharvas, VP.
of a Marut, R.
pl. the Maruts, Kathās.; MārkP.
2. vāyu/ | वायु/ | mfn. (fr. √ vE | व्E |) tired, languid, RV. vii, 91, 1.
3. vāyu/ | वायु/ | mfn. (fr. √ vī | वी |) desirous, covetous, greedy (for food, applied to calves), TS.
desirable, desired by the appetite, RV.
the god of the wind (often associated with Indra in the Ṛg-veda, as Vāta [q.v.] with Parjanya, but although of equal rank with Indra, not occupying so prominent a position; in the Puruṣasūkta he is said to have sprung form the breath of Puruṣa, and elsewhere is described as the son-in-law of Tvaṣṭṛ; be is said to move in a shining car drawn by a pair of red or purple horses or by several teams consisting of ninety-nine or a hundred or even a thousand horses [cf. ni-yu/t | नि-यु/त् |]; he is often made to occupy the same chariot with Indra, and in conjunction with him honoured with the first draught of the Soma libation; he is rarely connected with the Maruts, although in i, 134, 4, he is said to have begotten them from the rivers of heaven; he is regent of the Nakṣatra Svāti and north-west quarter See loka-pāla | लोक-पाल |), ib.
breathing, breath, VPrāt.; ĪśUp.
the wind of the body, a vital air (of which 5 are reckoned, viz. prāṛa | प्राऋअ |, apāna | अपान |, samāna | समान |, udāna | उदान |, and vyāna | व्यान |; or nāga | नाग |, kūrma | कूर्म |, kfkara | क्फ़्कर |, devadatta | देवदत्त |, and ḍanaṃ-jaya | डनं-जय |), Hariv.; Sāṃkhyak.; Vedāntas.
(in medicine) the windy humour or any morbid affection of it, Suśr.
the wind as a kind of demon producing madness, Kād.; Vcar. (cf. -grasta | -ग्रस्त |)
(in astron.) N. of the fourth Muhūrta
a mystical N. of the letter ya | य |, Up.
N. of a Vasu, Hariv.
of a Daitya, ib.
of a king of the Gandharvas, VP.
of a Marut, R.
pl. the Maruts, Kathās.; MārkP.
2. vāyu/ | वायु/ | mfn. (fr. √ vE | व्E |) tired, languid, RV. vii, 91, 1.
3. vāyu/ | वायु/ | mfn. (fr. √ vī | वी |) desirous, covetous, greedy (for food, applied to calves), TS.
desirable, desired by the appetite, RV.