vāyu (m)
Meanings
- (in astron.) name of the fourth Muhūrta
- a mystical name of the letter ya
- a vital air (of which 5 are reckoned)
- air (as one of the 5 elements)
- breath
- breathing
- linkes Nasenloch
- name of a Daitya
- name of a king of the Gandharvas
- name of a Marut
- name of a Vasu
- the god of the wind
- the Maruts
- the wind as a kind of demon producing madness
- the wind of the body
- wind
- [medic.] = vāta
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