In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Saṃlayana (संलयन):—Drowsiness

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Saṃlayana (संलयन) or Pratisaṃlayana refers to “solitary meditation”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]— [...] (6). The Buddha has no unconsidered equanimity.—He has no unconsidered equanimity.—[...] Furthermore, when the Buddha finished preaching the Dharma, he always advised the Bhikṣus to practice solitary meditation (pratisaṃlayana) in the manner of having no regret (paścāttāpa) and, as he himself applied the advice that he gave (kaṇṭhokta), he entered into concentration. Furthermore, he disliked homage (pūjā) but, when he knew there were beings to be converted (vaineya), he entered into concentration and created fictive beings (nirmitapuruṣa) to come to save them. [...]”.

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Saṃlayana (संलयन) or Pratisaṃlayana refers to “meditative absorption”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “How, son of good family, does the meditation (dhyāna) of the Bodhisattva become like open space? Son of good family, the meditation of the Bodhisattva becomes like the expanse of the sky when he is endowed with the four dharmas. [...] To wit, (1) even if his thought is still during in the meditative absorption (prati-saṃlayana), he does not make it as an object of particular reflection; (2) while turning back the thought from outside, the external thought is still in activity, but he has no conception of it; (3) by the sameness of his own thoughts he enters into concentration on the universal sameness of the thoughts of all beings; (4) and that the sameness of the thoughts is the entering into concentration on the sameness of all dharmas being like an illusion”.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃlayana (संलयन).—

1) Adhering or clinging to.

2) Dissolution.

3) Lying down, sleep.

Derivable forms: saṃlayanam (संलयनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Saṃlayana (संलयन):—[=saṃ-layana] [from saṃ-laya > saṃ-lī] n. sitting or lying down, [Catalogue(s)]

2) [v.s. ...] the act of clinging or adhering to, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) [v.s. ...] dissolution, [ib.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Samlayana in German

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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: Layana, Sam.

Ends with: Atisamlayana, Pratisamlayana, Tisamlayana.

Full-text: Pratisamlayana, Samlaya.

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