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dhyāna ध्यान – contemplation; absorption; meditation

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

contemplation; absorption; meditation

Derived from

  1. dhyā ध्या verbal root — meditate; contemplate
  2. ana अन suffix — nominal-forming suffix -ana
Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

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dhyāna ·n. thought, reflection, (religious) meditation; p. °vant & dhyānin.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

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Dhyāna, am, n. meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contem- plation; divine intuition or discernment; mental representation of the personal attributes of a deity; (as), m., N. of the eleventh day in the light half in Brahmā's month.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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dhyāna 1〉 ˚dṛṣṭi adj. R. 7,37,2,12. tatra (d. i. tasmindeśe yatra cittaṃ dhṛtam) pratyayaikatānatā dhyānam Verz. d. Oxf. H. 229,a. dhāraṇā pañcanāḍībhirdhyānaṃ ca ṣaṣṭināḍikam Verz. d. Oxf. H. 237,a,10.

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

dhyāna (wie eben) 1〉 n. das Nachsinnen (= cintā H. 320), Vertiefung, insbes. die religiöse Beschauung (AK. 3,4,3,23. H. 840): bhagavaddhyānapūta BHĀG. P. 3,12,3. dhyānamevānvapadyata R. 1,2,25. dhyānamāsthitaḥ R. 1,2,30. dhyānaṃ jagāma R. 2,87,1. ˚parā N. 2,3. ˚tatparā N. 16,22. dṛṣṭvā vai ˚cakṣuṣā R. 1,9,64. SUŚR. 2,538,9. ŚĀK. 80,15. KATHĀS. 5,47. KATHĀS. 5,55. PRAB. 59,3. dhyānaṃ vāva cittādbhūyaḥ CHĀND. UP. 7,6,1. Ind. St. 2,172. svayamevātmano dhyānāttadaṇḍamakaroddvidhā M. 1,12. M. 6,72. jñānāddhyānaṃ viśiṣyate . dhyānātkarmaphalatyāgaḥ BHAG. 12,12. HARIV. 4613. HARIV. 7326. dehabandhaścittadhāraṇā tatpratyayaikatānatā dhyānam PAT._in_VP. 658, N. 21. prāṇāyāmastathā dhyānaṃ pratyāhāro 'tha dhāraṇā . smaraṇaṃ caiva yoge 'sminpañca dharmāḥ prakīrtitāḥ .. VĀYU-P._in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 50,b, N. 3. yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayaḥ MADHUS._in_Ind. St. 1,22. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 127. PRAB. 8,14. ˚ccheda BHARTṚ. 3,29. dhyeye dhyānaṃ niveśya BHARTṚ. 3,88. ˚stimitalocana RAGH. 1,73. dhyānādavagato 'smi ŚĀK. 111,4. ŚĀK. 111,171. Ueber das Dhyāna bei den Buddhisten s. BURNOUF_in_Lot. de la b. l. 800. fgg. WASSILJEW und KÖPPEN. — 2〉 m. N. des 11ten Tages in der lichten Hälfte von Brahmanʼs Monat; s. u. kalpa 2,d.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

dhyāna — 1〉 n. — a〉 das Nachsinnen, Vertiefung; insbes. die religiöse Betrachtung, — Beschauung. — b〉 Gefühllosigkeit, Stumpfheit BHĀVAPR. 4,182. — 2〉 m. der 11te Kalpa 2〉h〉.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

dhyāná m. eine best. Personification MAITR. S. 2,9,1. [Nachtrag, Band 5]

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dhyāná III. 5. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 Word type unspecified

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dhyāta, dhyāna, dhyānika &c. See under dhyai.

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dhyāna [dhyai-bhāve-lyuṭ] 1 Meditation, reflection, thought, contemplation; jñānād dhyānaṃ viśiṣyate Bg. 12. 12; ([Page 0602-b]) Ms. 1. 12, Ms. 6. 72. 2 Especially, abstract contemplation, religious meditation; tadaiva dhyānādavagato'smi Ś. 7; R. 1. 73. 3 Divine intuition or discernment. 4 Mental representation of the personal attributes of a deity; iti dhyānaṃ. Comp. — gamya a. attainable by meditation only. — tatpara, -niṣṭha, -para a. lost in thought, absorbed in meditation, contemplative. — mātraṃ mere thought or reflection. — yogaḥ profound meditation. — stha a. absorbed in meditation, lost in thought.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

dhyāna n. das Sinnen, Nachdenken, Betrachtung, Andacht.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

dhyāna dhyāna n. (dhyai; sfx. na) méditation, contemplation. dhyānaparamitā f. Bd. la perfection de la contemplation, une des 6 vertus cardinales. dhyānamātra n. la pensée seule. dhyānibuddha m. buddha de la contemplation [par oppos. aux mānuṣibuddhas], Bd.

Occurrences in source texts (46)

DYS 5 occurrences
DYS 20–26: Practising Laya 1 occurrence

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DYS 27–31: Survey of Haṭha 1 occurrence

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DYS 122–123: Dhyāna 2 occurrences

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DYS 124: Samādhi 1 occurrence

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 1.44-1.49: Padmāsana 1 occurrence

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PYS 5 occurrences
PYS 1.34–39: Six Supports 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.10–11: Eliminating the Kleśas 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.27–29: Aṣṭāṅga as a Path to Liberation 1 occurrence

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PYS 3.1–4: Saṃyama 1 occurrence

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PYS 4.6: Meditation-Born Citta 1 occurrence

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SiSa 29 occurrences
SiSa 2.13-2.20: Suṣumṇā und Citrā 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.6-5.9: Dharma-Hindernisse 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.48-5.71: Innere Meditation 3 occurrences

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SiSa 5.90-5.93: Mūlādhāra-Wirkungen 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.94-5.101: Mūlādhāra-Siddhis 2 occurrences

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SiSa 5.108-5.112: Maṇipūra 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.113-5.120: Anāhata 2 occurrences

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SiSa 5.121-5.127: Viśuddha 2 occurrences

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SiSa 5.128-5.131: Ājñā 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.144-5.155: Ājñā und Khecarī 6 occurrences

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.182-5.190: Sahasrāra-Mond 2 occurrences

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SiSa 5.191-5.207: Kailāsa und Mahāśūnya 4 occurrences

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SiSa 5.208-5.222: Rājayoga 2 occurrences

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SVU 2 occurrences
SVU 1.1-1.3: The Search for the Cause 1 occurrence

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SVU 1.13-1.16: The Hidden Fire 1 occurrence

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VBT 4 occurrences
VBT 7–10: Forms Relativized 1 occurrence

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VBT 130–138: Name and Fourfoldness 1 occurrence

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VBT 146–155: Inner Rituals 2 occurrences

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