Dhyananga, Dhyānāṅga, Dhyana-anga: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāDhyānāṅga (ध्यानाङ्ग) refers to the “limbs of meditation”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Lord said to Brahmā Prabhāvyūha: “[...] (20) Further, ‘the root of good’ is to undertake all good dharmas, ‘merit’ is the eagerness for all roots of good, and ‘knowledge’ is to enter into the sameness in the absence of distinguishing mark, and to transform the roots of good into awakening. (21) Further, ‘the root of good’ is to seek the limbs of meditation (dhyānāṅga), ‘merit’ is not to make former roots of good disappear by attaining the meditation, and ‘knowledge’ is to be born in the desire realm after having returned from the meditation. [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryDhyānāṅga (ध्यानाङ्ग).—(nt.; = Pali jhānaṅga, nt., misdefined [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary]), factor in dhyāna: °ga-vibhajanārthaṃ Lalitavistara 251.2 (compare vibhajana). No specification here; in Pali, Vism. i.190.2, refers to vitakko (vitarka), vicāro, pīti (prīti), sukhaṃ, ekaggatā (ekāgratā).
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Dhyana, Anga.
Starts with: Dhyanamgai.
Full-text: Vibhajana.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
VII. The knowledge of the way leading to the various destinies < [Part 2 - The ten powers in particular]
II. The four trances (dhyāna) according to the Mahāyāna < [Class 2: The four trances]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 28 - Paṇḍita Vanaratna < [Book 10 - The Kālacakra]