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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for ध्यान

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  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.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. ध्यानdhyānan. meditation, thought, reflection, (esp.) profound and abstract religious meditation, (˚नम् आपद्, आ-√स्था or…
    1. neuter gender meditation, thought, reflection, (especially) profound and abstract religious meditation, (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedनम् आपद्, आ-√स्था or that the rest of a word is to be suppliedनं-√गम्, to indulge in r religious m meditation) ChUp. Mn. MBh. Ka1v. etc. (with Buddhists Buddhists divided into 4 stages MWB. 209 Dharmas. lxxii; but also into 3 ibidem cix)
    2. neuter gender mental representation of the personal attributes of a deity W.
    3. neuter gender insensibility, dulness Bhpr.
    4. masculine gender Name of a particular personification MaitrS.
    5. masculine gender of the 11th day of the light half in Brahma ब्रह्म 's month Pur.
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. ध्यानdhyāna[dhyâ ͜ ana] n. meditation; religious contemplation: -tatpara, a. lost in thought; -dhîra, a. absorbed in…

    [dhyâ ͜ ana] neuter meditation; religious contemplation: -tatpara, adjective lost in thought; -dhîra, adjective absorbed in thought; -para, adjective the same; -yoga, masculine deep meditation, religious ab sorption; -vat, adjective devoted to religious medi tation; -sthita, perfect passive participle absorbed in thought.

    Source: Macdonell

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