prana means respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
Why this word is great
PRANA — [Noun] In Hindu and yogic philosophy, the vital life force or subtle energy that animates living beings, sustained by and yet distinct from the physical breath. From Sanskrit प्राण (prāṇa, "breath; life"). Unlike qi, which charts an elaborate geography of meridians, or the purely mechanical breath, a gaseous exchange, prana is the subtle animating current that makes the body more than a clockwork of parts. It is the palpable stillness between inhalation and exhalation, the sustained vitality in a sun-warmed stretch, and the last, almost imperceptible warmth on the skin of the newly departed—the invisible thread on which all mortal awareness is strung, and from which it will one day unravel.
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- Respiration, breathing, seen as a life principle or life force.“He it is who sends the (in-coming) Prana (life-breath) upward and throws the (out-going) breath downward.”