dhyāna

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[apte] [dhyai-bhāve-lyuṭ] 1 Meditation, reflection, thought, contemplation; jñānād dhyānaṃ viśiṣyate Bg. 12. 12; [Page0602-b+ 53] Ms. 1. 12, 6. 72. --2 Especially, ab- stract contemplation, religious me- ditation; tadaiva dhyānādavagato'smi Ś. 7; R. 1. 73. --3 Divine intuition or discernment. --4 Mental representa- tion of the personal attributes of a deity; iti dhyānaṃ. --Comp. --gamya a. attainable by meditation only....

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√dhyai ध्यै

Gaṇa 1· bhvadi· Parasmaipada · cintāyām

to think,to meditate,to recollect, to concentrate upon

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Abhidhanacintamani Abhidharmakosa Agnipurana Amarakosa Amaraughasasana Amrtabindupanisat Anandakanda Aryasaptasati Astangahrdayasamhita Astasahasrika Astavakragita Ayurvedadipika Bhagavatapurana Bharatamanjari Bodhicaryavatara Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Buddhacarita Carakasamhita Chandogyopanisad Dasakumaracarita Devikalottaragama Divyavadana Ganakarika Garudapurana Gherandasamhita Gitagovinda Gokarnapuranasarah Goraksasataka Haribhaktivilasa Hathayogapradipika Kalikapurana Kathasaritsagara Kavyalamkara Kokilasamdesa Krsnamrtamaharnava Kumarasambhava Kurmapurana Lalitavistara Lankavatarasutra Lingapurana Mahacinatantra Maitrayanisamhita Manusmrti Matrkabhedatantra Matsyapurana Mrgendratika Mukundamala Natyasastra Pancarthabhasya Ramayana Rasaratnakara Rasaratnasamuccaya Rasarnava Rasendracintamani Ratnatika Saddharmapundarikasutra Sanghabhedavastu Sankhayanaranyaka Satakatraya Satvatatantra Saundarananda Sivasutravartika Skandapurana Spandakarikanirnaya Sukasaptati Susrutasamhita Svetasvataropanisad Tantraloka Tantrasara Todalatantra Uddamaresvaratantra Vaikhanasadharmasutra Vasisthadharmasutra Visnupurana Visnusmrti Yajnavalkyasmrti Yogasutra Yogasutrabhasya mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata skandapurana-revakhanda

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[dhyai-bhāve-lyuṭ] 1 Meditation, reflection, thought, contemplation; jñānād dhyānaṃ viśiṣyate Bg. 12. 12; [Page0602-b+ 53] Ms. 1. 12, 6. 72. --2 Especially, ab- stract...

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Total Occurrences: 562
Texts Appeared In: 64

DCS: the state of the sacrificial gift

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Pañcārthabhāṣya surface: dhyāna

sati vidhiviṣayatve puruṣeśvarayor viṣayādhikārakṛtaṃ viyogaṃ dṛṣṭvā jñānaparidṛ
Pañcārthabhāṣya surface: dhyāna

tena viṣayitvena yogādadharmeṇa cāyaṃ puruṣo yadā adhyayanadhyānādibhyaścyavati
Pañcārthabhāṣya surface: dhyāna

āhosvid dṛṣṭā asyānyā sūkṣmatarā upāsanā kriyādhyānanamaḥstavyam