वायस वार

वायु

वायु [वा-उण् युक च Uṇ. 1. 1]
1 Air, wind; वायुर्विधुनयति चंपकपुष्परेणून् K. R.; आकाशात्तु विकुर्वाणात्सर्वगंधवहः शुचिः । बलवाञ्जायते वायुः स वै स्पर्शगुणो मतः ॥ Ms. 1. 76. (There are seven courses of wind one above the other:
−आवहः प्रवहश्चैव संवहश्चोद्वहस्तथा । विवहाख्यः परिवहः परावह इति क्रमात्).
2 The god of wind, the deity supposed to preside over wind, (who is the regent of the north-west quarter.).
3 A lifewind or vital air, of which five kinds are enumerated: −प्राण, अपान, समान, व्यान, and उदान.
4 Morbid affection or vitiation of the windy humour.
−Comp.
−आस्पदं the sky, atmosphere.
−केतुः dust.
−कोणः the north-west.
−गंडः flatulence (caused by indigestion).
−गति a. swift as wind, very fleet.
−गुल्मः 1. a hurricane, storm. −2. a whirlpool.
−गोचरः the range of the wind.
−ग्रस्त a. 1. affected by wind, flatulent. −2. gouty. −जातः, −तनयः, नंदनः, −पुत्रः, −सुतः, −सूनुः epithets of Hanumat or Bhīma.
−दारुः a cloud
−निघ्न a. affected by wind, crazy, mad, frantic.
−निवृत्तिः f. 1. a lull, calm. −2. cure of windy distempers (such as gout &c.).
−पुराणं N. of one of the 18 Purāṇas.
−फलं 1. hail. −2. the rain-bow. −भक्षः, −भक्षणः,
−भुज् m. 1. one who feeds only on air, as an ascetic. −2. a snake; cf. पवनाशन.
−रोषा night.
−रुग्ण a. broken down by wind; R. 9. 63.
−वर्त्मन् m., n. the sky, atmosphere.
−वाहः smoke.
−वाहिनी a vein, an artery, a vessel of the body. −वेग, सम a. swift as wind. −सखः, −स खिः m. fire.

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