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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry ध्यान

  1. ध्यानdhyānaMeditation, reflection, thought; contemplation; ज्ञानाद् ध्यानं विशिष्यते Bg.12.12; Ms.1.12; 6.72.

    [ध्यै-भावे-ल्युट्]

    1. Meditation, reflection, thought; contemplation; ज्ञानाद् ध्यानं विशिष्यते Bg.12.12; Ms.1.12; 6.72.
    2. Especially, abstract contemplation, religious meditation; तदैव ध्यानादवगतोऽस्मि Ś.7; ध्यानस्तिमितलोचनः R.1.73.
    3. Divine intuition or discernment.
    4. Mental representation of the personal attributes of a deity; इति ध्यानम्.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -गम्या Adjective attainable by meditation only; योगिभिर्ध्यानगम्यम् Viṣṇustotra.

    • -तत्पर, -निष्ठ, -पर Adjective lost in thought, absorbed in meditation, contemplative.

    • -धिष्ण्य Adjective suitable for ध्यान; रूपं चेदं पौरुषं ध्यानधिष्ण्यम् Bhāg.1.3.28.

    • -मात्रम् mere thought or reflection.

    • -मुद्रा a prescribed attitude in which to meditate on a deity.

    • -योगः profound meditation.

    • -स्थ Adjective absorbed in meditation; lost in thought.

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Part 3 of 3 धृत्वरी – ध्वृAll parts
  1. ध – धारणक
  2. धारणा – धृत्वन्
  3. धृत्वरी – ध्वृ