Vilina, Vilīna: 21 definitions
Introduction:
Vilina means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Vilin.
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Vilīna (विलीन) refers to “dissolvement”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “The state of the Gander (arises) when all the energies (of the Moon) have dissolved away [i.e., kalāśeṣa-vilīna-tva]. The container of the world of the Gander is the first energy (of the Moon). Fierce (caṇḍā) she is Umā, the New Moon who illumines consciousness. The awakening of Kaula is its manifestation (udaya) (as) the deity of the group of six (Wheels). The deity is in the Tradition of the Cave and it is she who, by means (of her) modalities, is in the six (Wheels)”.
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Vilīna (विलीन) refers to the “death (of a person)” [?], according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 4), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If the two horns of the moon should appear but slightly raised and far from each other presenting the appearance of a boat, she brings trouble on the sailors but prosperity on mankind at large. [...] If, to any person who observes on the first lunar day after new-moon, the moon should appear of only one horn, or if one of the horns should appear bent downwards or if she appear like a full moon (when in reality such is not the case) the person dies [i.e., vilīna]”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
1) Vilīna (विलीन) refers to “having dissolved (in the spot and sound)”, according to the Jayottara 9.50.—Accordingly, [while describing meditation on the aspectless form of the deity]: “Or, having extended the spot and sound, [the Yogin] should meditate on them. [When] he has naturally dissolved (vilīna) into them, precisely there the supreme state [arises]”.
2) Vilīna (विलीन) refers to “having dissolved” (one’s mind and breath), according to sources such as the Candrāvalokana and the Anubhavanivedanastotra.—Accordingly, while describing the highest reality through the practice of Śāmbhavī Mudrā: “When the Yogin’s mind and breath have dissolved into his inward focus (antarlakṣya-vilīna), while he is looking outwards and below and [yet] also not looking [at anything] with a gaze in which his pupils are unmoving, [then] this, indeed, is Śāmbhavī Mudrā. O guru, by your favour, it is that state of Śambhu which manifests as the [highest] reality free from what is void and not void. [...]”.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Vilīna (विलीन) refers to one of ten “breathing techniques” (māruta) [=evaṃ daśavidhaḥ prokto mārutaḥ], as mentioned in the Saṅgītaratnākara of Śārṅgadeva (1953: Vol. IV: p.162) and the Mahārāṇa Kumbha’s Saṅgītarāja (Nṛtyaratnakośa: 1968: Vol. I: pp.94-95). The commentary of Siṃhabhūpāla (on the Saṅgītaratnākara) says that the ten-fold classification of breathing techniques [e.g., vilīna] are the opinion of Kohala. However, the Saṅgītaratnākara, Saṅgītarāja and Nṛtyādhyāya uniformly attribute the nine-fold classification of breathing techniques (=anila) to Kohala and the ten-fold classification to another school (apara).
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Vilīna (विलीन) refers to “becoming merged” (in Pārvatī), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.23 (“Outraging the modesty of Vṛndā”).—Accordingly, after Vṛnda (wife of Jalandhara) curses Viṣṇu (in disguise): “Then the great brilliance of the wife of Jalandhara immediately went to Śivaloka even as the gods stood watching. The refulgence of Vṛndā became merged (vilīna) in Pārvatī. [śivātanau vilīnaṃ tadvṛndātejo babhūva ha] There was a great shout of ‘Victory’ in the rows of the gods standing in the sky. [...]”.
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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Vilīna (विलीन) refers to “(being) immersed (in the heat)” (of a flaming fire), according to the Vāruṇī Pūjā [i.e., Varuni Worship] ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “Immersed in the heat of a flaming fire (jvalitāgni-tāpa-vilīna) impelled by wind, seed syllables etc., a very young, bright colored, beautiful liquid, widely diffused, settled down, born of a Hūṃ, becoming pure liquefied immortality, becoming divine like Pātāla, with seven milky oceans, attract to one's self the five ambrosias”.
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
Pali-English dictionary
vilīna : (pp. of vilīyati) dissolved.
Vilīna, (adj.) (vi+līna, pp. of vilīyati) 1. clinging, sticking (cp. līyati 1) Vin. I, 209 (olīna° sticking all over). ‹-› 2. matured (“digested”? cp. vilaya) J. IV, 72 (nava°gosappi freshly matured ghee); Miln. 301 (phalāni ripefruit).—3. (cp. līyati 2) molten, i.e. refined, purified J. IV, 118 (tamba-loha° molten or liquid-hot copper); v. 269 (tamba-loha°, id.; cp. C. on p. 274; vilīnaṃ tambālohaṃ viya pakkaṭṭhitaṃ lohitaṃ pāyenti); DhsA. 14 (°suvaṇṇa).—Cp. uttatta in same sense and the explanation of velli as “uttatta-ghana-suvaṇṇa-rāsi-ppabbā” at J. V, 506 C. (Page 636)
vilīna (ဝိလီန) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[vi+lī+ta．rū．631．lī silese．nīti,dhātu．254．līdravīkaraṇe．pā．1812．vilīna-saṃ．vilīṇa-prā,addhamāgadhī．]
[ဝိ+လီ+တ။ ရူ။ ၆၃၁။ လီ သိလေသေ။ နီတိ၊ ဓာတု။ ၂၅၄။ လီဒြဝီကရဏေ။ ပါ။ ၁၈၁၂။ ဝိလီန-သံ။ ဝိလီဏ-ပြာ၊ အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
vilīna—
(Burmese text): (၁) ကြေမွ-ပျက်စီး-သော။ (၂) အရည်ပျော်-ပျော့အိ-သော။ (၃) ထက်ဝန်းကျင်မှ ယိုစီးသော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Damaged - ruined. (2) Liquid - diluted. (3) Leaking from the environment.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Vilīna (विलीन).—p. p.
1) Sticking to, clung or attached to.
2) Perched or settled on, alighting on.
3) Contiguous to, in contact with.
4) Melted, dissolved, liquefied.
5) Disappeared, vanished.
6) Dead, perished.
7) Infused into the mind, imagined.
Vilīna (विलीन).—mfn.
(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) 1. Liquid, liquefied, semifluid, as melted oil or butter, &c. 2. Disappeared, perished, removed from sight, either temporarily or permanently. 3. Imagined, formed or infused, as in the mind. 4. Contiguous to, in contact with, united or blended with. 5. Immersed in. E. vi before lī to melt, &c., aff. kta .
Vilīna (विलीन).—[adjective] attached to, fixed upon, immersed in, sitting upon ([locative] or —°); covered, hidden; disappeared, vanished, gone; melted or dissolved into (—°).
1) Vilīna (विलीन):—[=vi-līna] [from vi-lī] mfn. clinging or sticking or attached to, fixed on, immersed in ([locative case] or [compound]), [Kāvya literature; Pañcarātra]
2) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) alighted or perched on (said of birds), [Kathāsaritsāgara]
3) [v.s. ...] sticking (See [compound])
4) [v.s. ...] hidden, disappeared, perished, absorbed in ([locative case]), [Maitrī-upaniṣad; Mahābhārata] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] dissolved, melted, liquefied, [Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Kathāsaritsāgara; Suśruta]
6) [v.s. ...] contiguous to, united or blended with, [Horace H. Wilson]
7) [v.s. ...] infused into the mind, imagined, [ib.]
Vilīna (विलीन):—[vi-līna] (naḥ-nā-naṃ) a. Dissolved; vanished; fancied; blended with.
Vilīna (विलीन):—s. u. 1. lī mit vi . Davon vilīnay, yati schmelzen (trans.) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 3, 39, Scholiast] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 18, 15.]
Vilīna (विलीन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Virāya.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Vilīna (विलीन) [Also spelled vilin]:—(a) vanished, disappeared; merged; absorbed, engrossed.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Vilīṇa (विलीण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Bilīna.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Vilīna (ವಿಲೀನ):—
1) [adjective] deeply interested in; engrossed; absorbed.
2) [adjective] that has become one with; merged (one’s identity) with (that of another’s).
3) [adjective] (said of a substance) capable of being dissolved or liquefied; soluble.
4) [adjective] disappeared; gone out of sight.
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Vilīna (ವಿಲೀನ):—
1) [noun] melted ghee.
2) [noun] he who has become one with (something as a god).
3) [noun] (dance.) a manner of breathing to indicate the state of swooning.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Vilīna (विलीन):—adj. 1. melted; dissolved; liquefied; 2. disappeared; vanished; 3. contiguous to; in contact with; 4. dead; perished;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Vi, Luo, Lina, Da, Li, Ta.
Starts with: Vilinagollu, Vilinaka, Vilinaksharam, Vilinam, Vilinamadhusitthaka, Vilinamrita, Vilinashatpada, Vilinasineha, Vilinasneha, Vilinasuvanna, Vilinasuvannajala, Vilinata, Vilinatambaloha, Vilinatarala, Vilinatha, Vilinatha kavi, Vilinatipusadisa.
Full-text (+21): Shakhavilina, Vilinasuvanna, Vilinasuvannajala, Vilinamadhusitthaka, Vilinatambaloha, Thitavilinasneha, Vilinasineha, Asincamanavilinasuvanna, Vilinashatpada, Vilinatipusadisa, Svayamvilina, Vilinasneha, Vilinamrita, Vilinata, Vilinam, Bilina, Vilinaksharam, Shayyanta, Navavilina, Tapavilina.
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Kohala in the Sanskrit textual tradition (Study) (by Padma Sugavanam)
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Chandogya Upanishad (english Translation) (by Swami Lokeswarananda)
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