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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Nidhyāna (निध्यान) refers to the “(infinitely) reflecting (on the thought of merits)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Through these ten immeasurables (apramāṇa), son of good family, the Bodhisattva completes the accumulations of merit (puṇya-saṃbhāra). What are these ten? [...] (6) completion of the immeasurable behaviour of the Buddha (buddheryāpatha) by infinitely reflecting (nidhyāna) and pondering on the thought of merits; (7) completion of the immeasurable embellishment of the place of awakening through all practices with a ll arrangements of the ornaments; [...]”.

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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

Nidhyāna (निध्यान).—Seeing, beholding, sight.

Derivable forms: nidhyānam (निध्यानम्).

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

Nidhyāna (निध्यान).—nt. (= Sanskrit Lex. id., Pali nijjhāna; [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] definition requires revision, see s.v. nidhyāpayati; °naṃ khamati according to [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] to be pleased with, but Majjhimanikāya (Pali) commentary ii.106.32, on Majjhimanikāya (Pali) 1.133.28, defines it by upaṭṭhahanti, āpāthaṃ āgacchanti, i.e. become known, lit. submit to comprehension), profound reflection, (leading to) com- prehension: dharma-nidhyānato 'pi kṣamate Bodhisattvabhūmi 196.26, also thru reflection on (or, comprehension of) the states-of- being he is receptive; compare dharma-nidhyānādhimuktikṣāntiḥ Bodhisattvabhūmi 195.10, and sarvadharmasvabhāva-nidhyāna-kṣāntiḥ Gaṇḍavyūha 248.4, both cited s.v. kṣānti; sattvārtha-nidhyāna- virahitaḥ Bodhisattvabhūmi 23.11; see s.v. saṃlakṣaṇā for Bodhisattvabhūmi 83.6.

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

Nidhyāna (निध्यान).—n.

(-naṃ) sight, seeing. E. ni before, dhyai to think, affix bhāve lyuṭ.

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

Nidhyāna (निध्यान):—[=ni-dhyāna] [from ni-dhyapti > ni-dhyai] n. intuition, seeing, sight, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Nidhyāna (निध्यान):—[ni-dhyāna] (naṃ) 1. n. Sight, seeing.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nidhyana 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Nidhyāna (ನಿಧ್ಯಾನ):—[noun] the act of seeing.

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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)

Partial matches: Dhyana, Ni.

Ends with: Dharmanidhyana, Sunidhyana, Upanidhyana.

Full-text: Dharmanidhyana, Nijjhana, Buddheryapatha, Nidhyapti.

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