vayu
वायु vāyu"Wind." One of the five functional currents of prana in the body: prana, apana, samana, udana, and vyana, each with its own direction and work.
Where this term appears
- Pranayama: Working with the Breath Yoga
Within the body that force divides into functional currents, the five vayus , the winds.
- The Subtle Body: Nadis, Chakras, and Kundalini Yoga
The yoga texts say it moves in the body as five currents, the five vayus , literally "winds," each with its own direction and work.
- The Pancha Bhuta Sthalam: Five Element Temples Temples
…lements, the pancha bhuta : prithvi (earth), ap (water), agni (fire), vayu (air), and akasha (ether, or space).
- The Vedic Gods: Indra, Agni, and the world of the Rigveda Essentials
Surya is the sun in the sky, an eye and a wheel. Vayu is the wind, first to taste the soma.
- What is Ayurveda? Essentials
One of vata's five sub-types is prana-vayu , where Ayurveda and the yogic map of the body share a vocabulary.
- What is Shaktism? Lineages
Agni, god of fire, cannot burn a blade of grass it sets down. Vayu, the wind, cannot move it.
- Who is Durga? Deities
Shiva gives his trident, Vishnu his discus, Indra his thunderbolt, Vayu a bow, Agni a spear, and so on around the circle of heaven, until she stands many-armed, every hand holding a god's own weapon.
- Who is Hanuman? Deities
He is the son of the wind-god Vayu, which earns him his commonest names, Pavanaputra and Maruti , the wind's child, and the source of his speed and his power of flight.