आनापान (AnApAna)
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Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
Englishānāpāna (= Pali id.), breath (see below): °na-bhāvanā-vidhiḥ Mvy 〔1165〕
°na-smṛti (= Pali °na-sati), mindfulness [Page096-b] 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 = praśvāsa as outbreathing. There is BHS evidence supporting this interpretation of āśvāsa-praśvāsa, q.v.
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