Styanamiddha, Styānamiddha, Styana-middha: 3 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita SastraStyānamiddha (स्त्यानमिद्ध, “laziness-torpor”) according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXVIII). Accordingly, “the obstacle of laziness-torpor (styānamiddha) can destroy the threefold benefit of the present world, namely, the happiness of pleasure (kāma), the happiness of wealth (artha) and merit (puṇya); it can destroy the definitive happiness (niṣṭhasukha) of the present and the future life; it differs from death only by the presence of breathing”.
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.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiStyānamiddha (स्त्यानमिद्ध) or “laziness-lethargy” refers to one of the “five hindrances” (Pañcanivāraṇa), according to the Saṃvaramaṇḍala of Abhayākaragupta’s Niṣpannayogāvalī, p. 45 and n. 145; (Cf. Cakrasaṃvaratantra, Gray, David B., 2007).—Note: The kartika, "flaying knife", symbolizes cutting away the pañca-nivāraṇa, "The Five Hindrances": 1) kāmacchanda, "sensual desire", 2) vyāpāda, "evil intent", 3) styānamiddha, "laziness-lethargy", 4) auddhatyakaukṛitya, "restlessness-regret", 5) vicikitsā, "indecision".
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryStyānamiddha (स्त्यानमिद्ध).—nt. (= Pali thīna-m°; in Pali and [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] analyzed as styāna plus middha, dvandva, qq.v.; AMg. thīṇaddhi, thīṇagiddhi, Jain Sanskrit styānarddhi, styānagṛddhi; as suggested by me in .2.607—610, all these forms go back to a [compound] *thīna-(m-)iddha or -iddhi, Sanskrit *styāna-ṛddhi, the m being orig. ‘hiatus-bridging’, increase of languor), torpor and drowsiness, especially as one of the five nīvaraṇa, q.v., hindrances (to religious life); often in lists of (some or all) the nīvaraṇa, and almost always with definite implication that it is reprehensible; a rare exception is Gaṇḍavyūha 20.10 (tad yathāpi nāma puruṣo …mahato janakāyasya) madhye styānamiddham ava- krāmet (would get sleepy), sa suptaḥ svapnāntaragatas… (note that middha, q.v., is sometimes used in this in- nocent sense); with nīvaraṇa or other evil qualities, Bodhisattvabhūmi 145.10; 173.1; 243.21; in Śikṣāsamuccaya 111.9 (verse; repeated several times below) read yaḥ styāna-middhe (for text yasmāna mi°) 'bhiratiṃ prayāti (these verses introduced in 111.5 by nidrārāmam adhikṛtyāha); in Śikṣāsamuccaya 129.12 read styāna- middha for text mlāna°; also in Gaṇḍavyūha 447.17 (text °viddha); Sādhanamālā 365.12 (text °siddha); (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 23.27; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 335.6 (verse; Kashgar recension stīna-mi°); Lalitavistara 139.9; 262.16 = Mahāvastu ii.240.5; Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 39.8; 45.19; 56.17; 57.1; styānamiddhe (so read with mss.) bahulāś ca bhavanti Mahāvastu i.79.16.
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: Styana, Middha.
Full-text: Nivarana, Styana, Middha, Pancanivarana, Auddhatyakaukritya, Vyapada, Kamacchanda, Vicikitsa, Auddhatya, Shunyataprajna, Marasena, Ukramayati, Avakramayati, Okramayati, Avakramati, Karttika, Kaukritya.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Bodhisattva quality 12: having passed beyond the works of Māra < [Chapter X - The Qualities of the Bodhisattvas]
Section B.3 - Removing laziness-torpor < [Part 2 - Means of acquiring meditation]
The Padhāna-sutta < [Chapter XXV - Patience Toward the Dharma]
Abhidharmakośa (by Leo M. Pruden)