The corpus record — Sanskrit

udānaḥ

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Where it lives

Prasna Upanisad 5 · 7.66/10k
Taittiriya Upanisad 1 · 1.89/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 6 · 1.28/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 6 · 0.79/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. ُدَن-

udan- n. Wasser (RV u.a.; nur in wenigen Kasus, wie LokSg udan, udani, Ab!GenSg udnas, NomAkkPl uda [also nicht von *id-; Schi, Wn 12, mit Lit.)); aktueller und lebenskräftiger udakd- n. (RVff.); uda® (seltener udaka°) in Komposita, z.B. RV uda-gräbhd- das Wasser umfassend, usw. (AiGr U 1,55); udanya- aus Wasser bestehend (RV), udanyı- Wasser aufsuchend (RV); udrin- wasserreich, quellend (RV; von *udr- [s.u.], s. RV … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. udan-, p. 270]

2. ُدَن

1. udan (for 2. See s.v. ) n. Ved. (defective in the strong cases, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 63 ) a wave, water, RV. ; AV. ; TS. ; Kāṭh.

3. udaṅ

udaṅ (in comp. for udac below).

4. ُدَن

2. udan (for 1. See p. 183, col. 3 ) P. aniti (and āniti, BṛĀrUp. iii, 4, 1 ; cf. vyan; p. anat, ŚBr. ; aor. 3. pl. āniṣus, AV. iii, 13, 4 ) to breathe upwards, emit the breath in an upward direction; to breathe out, breathe, AV. ; ŚBr. ; BṛĀrUp.

In the wild

udānaḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.3
udāna Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.4
udāna Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,9.26
udāna Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,9.27
udāne Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,9.27
udaṅṅ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_6,2.15

6 of 18 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. udan (vol. 1, scan pp. 270-271; entry #3652). Root candidates: *id-, *udr-, *yed-.

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