Paradhyana, Paradhyāna, Para-dhyana: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryParadhyāna (परध्यान).—absolute meditation or contemplation; ध्येये मनो निश्चलतां याति ध्येयं विचिन्तयत् । यत् तद् ध्यानं परं प्रोक्तं मुनिभिर्ध्यानचिन्तकैः (dhyeye mano niścalatāṃ yāti dhyeyaṃ vicintayat | yat tad dhyānaṃ paraṃ proktaṃ munibhirdhyānacintakaiḥ) || Garuḍa P.
Derivable forms: paradhyānam (परध्यानम्).
Paradhyāna is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms para and dhyāna (ध्यान).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryParadhyāna (परध्यान).—n.
(-naṃ) Intent absorption or abstraction in the subject of meditation. E. para, and dhyāna meditating.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryParadhyāna (परध्यान):—[=para-dhyāna] [from para] n. intent meditation, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryParadhyāna (परध्यान):—[para-dhyāna] (naṃ) 1. n. Intent, thought.
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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