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Vedic Sanskrit words related to 'vaayu' or the Air

Vedic Sanskrit words related to air or god of air 'vaayu'. ( Sanskrit   words are written in italics and are 'itrans' version. These words can be found in Sanskrit English Lexicon by Sir Monier Williams at < http://www.sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de/monier/> (i) vaayu--- air.  vaayu is from the root word ' vaa' which means to  weave. It means that aspect of Universal Consciousness by which  the elements or the entities of the universe are connected among  each other in a mesh or network. (ii) marut--- God of wind. marut---ma ( mRityu = death, mortality) + ut (up, to go up, to go  beyond, surpass)----who has gone beyond the death or mortality.  marut-sakha-indra: sakha--- friend;   marut-sakha-indra---indra who has befriended marut to get over the death or mortality. sakha---sa (same) + kha (sky, space) --- who share the same (inner) sky. (iii) sUtraatman---sUtraa (thread) + aatman (soul)-...