Dipavat, Dipa-vat, Dipavan, Dīpavān, Dīpavat: 2 definitions
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Dipavat means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Yoga (school of philosophy)
Dīpavat (दीपवत्) refers to “(that which resembles) a lamp”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] [The Yogin] who has [attained] the natural [no-mind state] is instantly motionless as a result of having realized the emptiness of all states, resides in his own self, his hands, feet and sense organs are all inactive and relaxed, and he is free of disturbances. Because he is one in whom breathing has radically ceased, he is seen by those standing close [to be] like an inanimate piece of wood and like the [steady flame of] a lamp (dīpavat) situated in a windless [place]. [...]”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Dīpavat (दीपवत्):—[=dīpa-vat] [from dīpa > dīp] mfn. ‘containing lights’, illuminating
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.
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Partial matches: Van, Dipa, Vat.
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Search found 7 books and stories containing Dipavat, Dīpa-vān, Dipa-van, Dipa-vat, Dīpa-vat, Dipavan, Dīpavān, Dīpavat; (plurals include: Dipavats, vāns, vans, vats, Dipavans, Dīpavāns, Dīpavats). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.593 < [Book 2 - Brahmavallī]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Yasastilaka and Indian culture (Study) (by Krishna Kanta Jandiqui)
7. The Naiyayika school of thought < [Chapter 9 - Schools of Thought]
A critical study of Ānandajñāna’s Tarkasaṅgraha (by Satyan Sharma)
Part 2.3 - The refutation of Tejas < [Chapter 2 - Refutations in the Prathama Pariccheda]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 17 - Rāmānujācārya II alias Vādi-Haṃsa-Navāmvuda < [Chapter XX - Philosophy of the Rāmānuja School of Thought]
Srikara Bhashya (commentary) (by C. Hayavadana Rao)