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Meaning of dhyana | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈdjɑːnə

Definitions

A type of profound meditation.

Hinduism, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

日本語 禅那
मराठी ध्यान
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဈာန်
ไทย ฌาน
Tiếng Việt thiên thiền na

Examples

“Thus the Kaivalyopanisad accords equal importance to Sraddha (faith-regard), devotion (bhakti) and meditation (dhyana) for the attainment of the highest knowledge.”
“The beginning must be made with pathawi-kasina, and then the dhyánas, &c., must be taken alternately, as from the first dhyána to the third, then to ákásánancháyatana, and so on to the end.”
“Each of the three planes may be experienced through developing the dhyānas in meditation - so here we have yet another way of describing higher states of consciousness.”

CEFR level

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Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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