अल्पप्राण

Monier-Williams · alpaprāṇa
prâṇa m. (in Gr.) slight breathing or weak aspiration (the effort in uttering the vowels, the semivowels y, r, l, v, the consonants k, c, ṭ, t, p, g, j, ḍ, i, b, and the nasals, is said to be accompanied with slight aspiration, but practically alpaprâṇa is here equivalent to unaspirated, as opposed to mahā-prâṇa, q.v.) Pāṇ. 1-1, 9 Sch ‖ (mfn.) having short breath, not persevering, soon tired Suśr. pronounced with slight breathing Kāvyâd