adjective breathless, i.e.

1. holding one’s breath in a form of ecstatic meditation (jhāna) MN.i.243; Ja.i.67 [cp. BSk. āsphānaka Lal.314, Lal.324; Mvu.ii.124; should the Pāli form be taken as *a + prāṇaka?]
2. not holding anything breathing, i.e. inanimate, lifeless not containing life Snp.p.15 (of water).

a + pāṇa + ka