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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Dhyāma (ध्याम) [=Dhyāmī?] refers to “(making something) dark”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly: “[...] Then, son of good family, the Tathāgata Vimalaprabhānantaraśmirāja, having known the king Puṇyālaṃkāra’ thought, said this to Siṃhavikrāntagāmin: ‘By teaching the power of insight, supernatural knowledges , merits, and knowledges, son of good family, make all the assembly happy, make all abodes of Māra darken (dhyāmī-kṛta), illuminate the way of awakening, satisfy all living beings, defeat all opponents, light the lamp of the dharma, purify all vices, and demonstrate the miraculous play of the Bodhisattva’”.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Dhyāma (ध्याम).—a. Unclean, dirty, black, soiled; Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.71.

-mam A kind of grass.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Dhyāma (ध्याम).—adj. (Sanskrit Lex. and late lit., Schmidt, Nachtr.; also Sanskrit dhyāmala; according to Senart Mahāvastu i note 407, hyper-Sanskrit for Pali jhāma = Sanskrit kṣāma, burnt; the meaning does not fit very well, but compare AMg. jhāma-vaṇṇa, black color), dark, darkened, eclipsed, lacking luster: dhyā- māni ca abhunsuḥ (abhūnsuḥ) mārabhavanāni Mahāvastu i.41.12; 230.7; 240.16 (in all these mss. dhyānāni); ii.162.16 (here mss. vyāmāni); māraḥ…svakaṃ balaṃ dhyāma-balaṃ (mss. dhyāna°) saṃjānati Mahāvastu ii.314.14; °tā, abstr., (kra- mau mune, the Buddha's feet) dhyāmatām (mss. mostly dhyāyatāṃ; em. certain) upagatau, become less resplendent, Mahāvastu i.68.2 (verse). Cf. the next two.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhyāma (ध्याम).—mfn.

(-maḥ-mā-maṃ) Black. n.

(-maṃ) 1. A fragrant grass. 2. A plant, (Artemisia.) E. dhyai to think, karmaṇi man aff. gandhatṛṇe, madanavṛkṣe, rohiṣatṛṇeca .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhyāma (ध्याम).—n. A fragrant grass, [Suśruta] 1, 103, 16.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhyāma (ध्याम).—[neuter] a kind of fragrant grass.

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

1) Dhyāma (ध्याम):—mfn. dark-coloured, black, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. śyāma)

2) n. any or a [particular] fragrant grass, [Suśruta]

3) Artemisia Indica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dhyāma (ध्याम):—(maṃ) 1. n. A fragrant grass; a plant (Artemisia). a. Black.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Dhyāma (ध्याम) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Jhāma.

[Sanskrit to German]

Dhyama in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dhyāma (ಧ್ಯಾಮ):—

1) [noun] a kind of fragrant grass.

2) [noun] the grass, Aristida depressa of Poaceae family, whose thin, long stem-like portion is used for making broomstick.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Dhyamadhuma, Dhyamaka, Dhyamakah, Dhyamala, Dhyamalikri, Dhyamalita, Dhyamamurddhaja, Dhyaman.

Ends with (+10): Adhamamadhyama, Alpamadhyama, Amadhyama, Anumadhyama, Dvisahasramadhyama, Madhyama, Madhyamamadhyama, Pancalamadhyama, Panchalamadhyama, Pipilikamadhyama, Pracaramadhyama, Pratimadhyama, Purvamadhyama, Sabha-madhyama, Samadhyama, Samuhamadhyama, Shadjamadhyama, Shikshanamadhyama, Shuddhamadhyama, Silikamadhyama.

Full-text: Dhyamaka, Dhyamamurddhaja, Dhyamala, Jhama, Dhyamalikri, Dhyamikrita, Dhyamikaroti, Dhyamikarana, Tanumadhya, Candrayana, Dhyami.

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