Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

praṇidhāna प्रणिधान – devotion

substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter

devotion

Derived from

  1. pra प्र previx — forward; forth; onward
  2. ni नि previx — down; into
  3. dhā धा verbal root — put; place; hold; bear
  4. ana अन suffix — nominal-forming suffix -ana
Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

praṇidhāna ·n. laying on, applying, employment, endeavour, effect; consideration, attention or submission to (--°); meditation, devotion.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

Pra-ṇidhāna, am, n. laying on, imposing, ap- plying, employing, application, employment, use; access, entrance; respectful conduct or behaviour towards, attention paid to (with loc.); profound re- ligious meditation; great effort, stress, energy; (with Buddhists) prayer, entreaty, supplication.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive neuter

praṇidhāna (von 1. dhā mit praṇi) n. 1〉 das Anlegen, Auftragen, Ansetzen Anwenden u. s. w.: kṣārāgni˚ SUŚR. 1,3,14. kṣārauṣadha˚ SUŚR. 25,4. netra˚ SUŚR. 29. SUŚR. 11. śastra˚ SUŚR. 362,5. SUŚR. 2,80,11. das Anbringen, Einführen (eines Klystirs) SUŚR. 199,20. SUŚR. 211,3. = abhiyoga und prayoga H. an. 4,179. = prayatna und praveśana MED. n. 190. — 2〉 rücksichtsvolles Benehmen gegen Jmd (loc.), bewiesene Aufmerksamkeit: jānāmi praṇidhānaṃ te bālyātprabhṛti — brāhmaṇeṣviha sarveṣu gurubandhuṣu caiva ha MBH. 3,17016. praṇidhānena dhairyeṇa rūpeṇa vayasā ca me . manaḥ praviṣṭaḥ MBH. 5,3637. UPAG. 3. — 3〉 tiefes Nachdenken, Vertiefung H. 1378. H. an. MED. HALĀY. 1,128. so 'paśyatpraṇidhānena saṃtateḥ stambhakāraṇam RAGH. 1,74. yogyā RAGH. 8,19. RAGH. 8,74. RAGH. 14,72. KATHĀS. 1,55. KATHĀS. 27,61. KATHĀS. 27,32. KATHĀS. 27,185. īśvara˚ Vertiefung in YOGAS. 1,23. YOGAS. 2,1. VEDĀNTAS. (Allah.) No. 129. devatā˚ H. 82. — 4〉 bei den Buddh. Gebet, Bitte VYUTP. 23. VYUTP. 24. Lot. de la b. l. 355. Lot. de la b. l. 551. bodhi˚ UPAG. 12.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

praṇidhāna 1〉 Anstrengung, Bemühung SARVADARŚANAS. 40,12. — 3〉 Z. 4 īśvara˚ ist Ergebung in den Willen Gottes; vgl. SARVADARŚANAS. 171,13. fg.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

praṇidhāna 1〉 kāyavāṅmanasāṃ duṣṭaṃ praṇidhānam Anwendung HEM. YOGAŚ. 3,114.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

praṇidhāna n. — 1〉 das Anlegen, Auftragen, Ansetzen, Anbringen, Anwenden, Anwendung. Pl. CARAKA. 3,6. — 2〉 Anstrengung, Bemühung SADDH. P. 129. — 3〉 rücksichtsvolles Benehmen, bewiesene Aufmerksamkeit gegen (Loc.). — 4〉 Ergebung in den Willen. īśvara˚ Gottes Chr. 285,30. — 5〉 tiefes Nachdenken, Vertiefung. — 6〉 heftiges Verlangen, Gelüste LALIT. 35,9. — 7〉 Gelöbniss, Gelübde LALIT. 35,3. 334,9.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

praṇidhānaṃ 1 Applying, employing, application, use. 2 Great effort, energy. 3 Profound religious meditation, abstract contemplation; R. 1. 74; R. 8. 19; V. 2. 4 Respectful behaviour towards (with loc.). 5 Renunciation of the fruit of actions (karmaphalatyāga). 6 Entrance, access. 7 (With Buddhists) A prayer, an entreaty.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

praṇidhāna n. Anlegung, Anwendung, Anstrengung, Dienstbeflissenheit; Aufmerksamkeit gegen, Ergebung in (Loc.); Vertiefung, Nachdenken.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

praṇidhāna praṇidhāna n. (ni; dhā; sfx. ana) action de déposer; d'imprimer; d'appliquer son esprit, méditation; sollicitation, prière, désir, Bd.

Derived words

Occurrences in source texts (4)

PYS 4 occurrences
PYS 1.23–26: Īśvara 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.1–2: Kriyā-Yoga 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.30–34: Vows and Counterreflection 1 occurrence

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PYS 2.40–45: Perfected Niyamas 1 occurrence

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