Pradhyana, Pradhyāna: 7 definitions
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Pradhyāna (प्रध्यान).—
1) Deep thought or reflection.
2) Reflection or thought in general.
Derivable forms: pradhyānam (प्रध्यानम्).
Pradhyāna (प्रध्यान).—n.
(-naṃ) Deep thought, reflection.
Pradhyāna (प्रध्यान).—i. e. pra-dhyai + ana, n. 1. Thinking. 2. Thought, [Johnson's Selections from the Mahābhārata.] 92, 43.
Pradhyāna (प्रध्यान).—[neuter] reflection, thought.
Pradhyāna (प्रध्यान):—[=pra-dhyāna] [from pra-dhyai] n. meditating upon, reflection, thinking, deep thought, subtle speculation, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Suśruta; Caraka]
Pradhyāna (प्रध्यान):—(von 1. dhyā mit pra) n. das Nachsinnen, in-Gedanken-Sein, Grübeln [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 18, 12.] [Suśruta 2, 446, 12.]
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Pradhyāna (प्रध्यान):—[Mahābhārata 3, 15820.]
Pradhyāna (प्रध्यान):—n. das Nachsinnen , in Gedanken Sein , Grübeln [Carakasaṃhitā 1,22.]
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 (+0): Pra, Dhyana.
Starts with (+0): Pradhyanatatpara.
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