His daughter's death had sapped the vital essence from him and left him little more than a shell of his former self.

To cut the hair is to throw away your vital essence!

The Sanskrittexts mention the part as 'Brahmadreya' or vital essence.

His body, cleansed by dragonfire, had a vital essence that could quicken the island and bring it back to life.

But when they left - through retirement or death - their vital essence left with them.

The Sanskrit texts mention the part as 'Brahmadreya' or vital essence.

There is a certain vital essence to Sarn and other large cities I have been in that one did not find in my own era.

But initiates - men who had themselves seen God face to face, and lived - preserved the vital essence.

These profiles show the true caliber of America and the vital essence of our mission.

Previously, Ellert's vital essence had transmitted a small fraction of its energy to his body-through time and space, down into the tomb.