s. m, Breath, life, soul, used only in the plural; met. beloved, sweetheart:—paráṉ deṉe, chhuṭṭṉe, tiágṉe, nikalṉe, v. n. To lose courage, to give up the spirit:—paráṉ partishṭá, s. f. Imparting life to the image of divinity by certain spell.