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अपानत् (apAnat)

 
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अपानत् Tatpur. m. f. n. (-न्-ती-त्) Inhaling, producing the
function of the vital air अपान q. v.--In the verse of the
Bhāgav. Pur. (2. 10. 16.) अनु प्राणन्ति यं प्राणाः प्राणन्तं सर्व-
जन्तुषु अपानन्तमपानन्ति नरदेवमिवानुगाः, it deserves no-
tice that Srīdharasvāmin takes the word अपानत् in the sense
‘ceasing to perform vital functions’, viz. ‘they (according to
the comm., the senses) cease to exercise their functions when
it (the vital air प्राण) ceases to perform its function’: प्राणा
इन्द्रियाणि यं (scil. प्राणं, the word of the preceding verse)
प्राणन्तं चेष्टां कुर्वन्तमनु पश्चात्प्राणन्ति चेष्टां कुर्वन्ति अपानन्तं
चेष्टां त्यजन्तमनु अपानन्ति चेष्टां त्यजन्ति राजानमनु भृत्या इव
but it seems very doubtful whether he is correct in this con-
struction of the verse, as प्राणाः might be taken in the
general sense ‘vital airs’, and the sense ‘they perform the
function of exhaling and inhaling according to the function
of life (प्राण)’ would be in conformity with the usual mean-
ing of the words in question. E. अन् with अप, kṛt aff. शतृ.
Sanskrit Tibetan
Tibetan
mchil lham
१) अपानत् २) पादुका