Turiya, Turīya: 17 definitions
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Introduction:
Turiya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: The Garuda puranamThe state called the Turiya (lit, beyond the three states of existence) and in which the self-controlled individual is neither awake nor asleep, neither utterly forgetful nor labauring under delusion, and does not perceive the objects of the senses, occurs when the individualised self, by withdrawing the mind with the cognitive organs from the objects of perception, by merging the sense of egoism in the principle of intellection, by annihilating intellection with the principle of Nature (Prakriti), and by annihilating Prakriti with the energy of the psychic force (Chit Shakti), holds its self within its own self, the self-illuminant, the pure knowledge, the immortal purity, the eternal bliss without action, and running through all. This is what is called to be in the Turiya state.
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaTurīya (तुरीय).—A state of existence of Man. (See under Jāgrat).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Turīya (तुरीय).—A name of Brahmā (s.v.).*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa XI. 15. 16.
1b) (Turiya Indrayuk?, Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa); a Deva (ajita).*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 13. 94; Vāyu-purāṇa 31. 8.

The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Red Zambala: The 10 Great Wisdom GoddessesThe psychological state of deep dreamless sleep (turīya) resembles to a degree the absolute quiescence of the Universe after dissolution (pralaya) when all existences return to the state of the Great Night (Mahārātri). In this state of perfect integration nothing remains but the transcendent power of Time, Mahā-Kālī.

Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryturiya : (nt.) musical instrument. || tūriya (nt.) musical instrument.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryTuriya, (nt.) (Derivation uncertain, probably connected with tuleti, Sk. tūrya) sometimes tūriya (e.g. Vv 54); musical instruments in general, usually referred to as comprising 5 kinds of special instruments (pañcaṅgika t. e.g. Vv 54; 391; VvA. 181, 183, 210, 257), viz. ātata, vitata, ātata-vitata, ghana, susira (VvA. 37). frequent in phrase nippurisehi turiyehi parivāriyamāna (or paricāriyamāna) “surrounded by (or entertained by) heavenly music” Vin. I, 15; D. II, 21; A. I, 145; J. I, 58.—Vv 384; 412; 5024, 645; Pv III, 81; DhA. III, 460; VvA. 92; PvA. 74.

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryturīya (तुरीय).—a S Fourth. turīyayantra n S A quadrant.
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turīyā (तुरीया) [or तुरीयावस्था, turīyāvasthā].—f S The fourth of the four states or modes (according to Hindu metaphysics) of human being, viz. that of simple consciousness; the state of abstraction from without and of absorption in the contemplation of one's own spirit.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTurīya (तुरीय).—a.
1) The fourth.
2) Consisting of four parts.
3) Mighty.
-yam 1 A quarter, a fourth part, fourth.
2) (In Vedānta. phil.) The fourth state of the soul in which it becomes one with Brahman or the Supreme Spirit.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryTuriya (तुरिय).—(nt. or m.; = Pali id., MIndic for Sanskrit tūrya), musical instrument; common in verses of Lalitavistara, e.g. 54.6 (v.l. tūry°); 161.17 (v.l. tūry°); 164.20; 169.22; sometimes turiya and tūrya in the same sentence, Lalitavistara 175.15 and 16 (no v.l.). But in Mahāvastu iii.122.16 (verse) turiya is Senart's em., mss. tūrya (which is metrically inferior).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryTurīya (तुरीय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) Fourth, a fourth. m.
(-yaḥ) A fourth part, a quarter. n.
(-yaṃ) The divine being, or universal spirit. E. irr. derived from catur four, with cha affix; also tūrya and turya . turīya-ac . caturṇāṃ pūraṇaḥ catur + cha ādyalopaśca .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryTurīya (तुरीय).—i. e. catur + īya (the intermediate form was probably kturīya), 1. ord. number, fem. yā, Fourth, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 10, 3. 2. adj. and n. Fourth part, a quarter, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 126; 4, 202. 3. n. The fourth state of the student of the Vedānta philosophy, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in
Turīya (तुरीय).—(turīya or turīya) [adjective] the fourth, consisting of four; [neuter] one fourth.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Turīya (तुरीय):—[from turāyaṇa > tur] 1. turīya [Nominal verb] yati, to go, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska ii, 14.]
2) 2. turīya mfn. (for ktur [Zend] khtuiria [from] catur) ([Pāṇini 5-2, 51], [vArttika] 1) [Vedic or Veda] 4th, [Ṛg-veda] etc.
3) consisting of 4 parts, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa ix]
4) n. the 4th state of spirit (pure impersonal Spirit or Brahma), [Upaniṣad] ([Maitrī-upaniṣad; Nṛsiṃha-tāpanīya-upaniṣad ii, 2, 1 etc.; Religious Thought and Life in India 35]), [Vedāntasāra]
5) mfn. being in that state of soul, [Nṛsiṃha-tāpanīya-upaniṣad]
6) tur, a 4th, constituting the 4th part
7) n. a 4th part, [Atharva-veda; Kāṭhaka] etc. (with yantra, ‘a quadrant’ [Śaṃkara-vijaya xxvii]).
[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchTurīya (तुरीय):—
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Turīya (तुरीय):—2. adj. der vierte (Theil), ein Viertel ausmachend, n. Viertel: aṃśa [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 126.] pādasturīyo bhāgaḥ syāt [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 90.] turīyaṃ jagṛhurmalam [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 9, 10. 7. 9.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 10, 10, 29.] eṣu lokeṣu trīṇi turīyāṇi (vācaḥ) paśuṣu turīyam (vergl. [Ṛgveda 1, 164, 45] u. l. turīya) [Kāṭhaka-Recension 14, 5.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 1, 3, 13 - 16. 5, 2, 4, 13.] [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 18, 21.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 112.] turīyabhāj [4, 202.] turīyamānena [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 16, 30. 3, 1, 34.] ṣaḍbhiḥ puruṣaisturīyonaiḥ [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 53, 38.] turīyabhāgindro bhavat [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 2, 25.] i.dra.u.ī.am [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 7, 1, 3.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5, 2, 4, 13.] indraturīyo grahaḥ [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 2, 25.] aindraturīyo grahaḥ [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 1, 3, 14.] turīyārdha Achtel [Mahābhārata 1, 3862.] — Vgl. turya, caturtha .
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Turīya (तुरीय):—1.
2) [Oxforder Handschriften 228,a,23.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 342. fg.] [347. 349.]
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Turīya (तुरीय):—2. , turīyaṃ yantram ein Quadrant [Oxforder Handschriften 250,a,38]; vgl. u. turya [3]).
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+1): Turiya-janman, Turiya-yantra, Turiyabhaga, Turiyabhaj, Turiyaditya, Turiyadiyantroddhara, Turiyagayatrihridaya, Turiyajati, Turiyaka, Turiyakavaca, Turiyamana, Turiyamsha, Turiyardha, Turiyasadda, Turiyatita, Turiyatitavadhutopanishad, Turiyatripurasahasranaman, Turiyavarna, Turiyavastha, Turiyayantra.
Ends with: Aindraturiya, Apaturiya, Caturiya, Indraturiya, Shalaturiya, Upayaturiya.
Full-text (+28): Turiyavarna, Turiyatita, Turiyabhaga, Turiyabhaj, Turiyaka, Upayaturiya, Turya, Turiyakavaca, Turiyamana, Sanghuttha, Turiya-yantra, Turyauhi, Turiya-janman, Pancangika, Turyayantra, Amatra, Mandukya, Apaturiya, Turiyardha, Turiyasadda.
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The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 17 - On the description of Sandhyā and other daily practices < [Book 11]
Chapter 34 - On the Knowledge and Final Emancipation < [Book 7]
Chapter 9 - On the cause of Śrāddha in other Devas than the Devī Gāyatrī < [Book 12]
Mandukya Upanishad (Gaudapa Karika and Shankara Bhashya) (by Swami Nikhilananda)
Mandukya Karika, verse 1.10 < [Chapter I - Agama Prakarana (Scripture)]
Mandukya Karika, verse 1.13 < [Chapter I - Agama Prakarana (Scripture)]
Mandukya Upanishad, verse 12 < [Chapter I - Agama Prakarana (Scripture)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Mandukya Upanishad (by Kenneth Jaques)
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter XII - The tetrads or quadruples of om < [The om tat sat]
Chapter LXXXVII - Term. the one in various term < [Book V - Upasama khanda (upashama khanda)]
Chapter CLXVII - Absence of the threefold states < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Preceptors of Advaita (by T. M. P. Mahadevan)