ध्यान
Hindi
Sanskrit
Etymology
From the root ध्यै (dhyai, “to contemplate, meditate, think of”).
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬥ᭄ᬬᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
- ধ্যান (Bengali script)
- ধ্যান (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀥𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌧𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ધ્યાન (Gujarati script)
- ꦣꦾꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
- ಧ್ಯಾನ (Kannada script)
- ဓျာန (Burmese script)
- ଧ୍ଯାନ (Oriya script)
- ꢤ꣄ꢫꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆣𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖠𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ధ్యాన (Telugu script)
- དྷྱཱན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒡𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
Noun
ध्यान • (dhyāna) n
- meditation, thought, reflection, (especially) profound and abstract religious meditation; a dhyana
- dhyānam-√āpad, dhyānam ā-√sthā or dhyānaṃ-√gam — to indulge in religious meditation
- mental representation of the personal attributes of a deity
- insensibility, dullness
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of ध्यान | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | ध्यानम् (dhyānam) | ||
| Gen. sg. | ध्यानस्य (dhyānasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ध्यानम् (dhyānam) | ध्याने (dhyāne) | ध्यानानि (dhyānāni) |
| Vocative | ध्यान (dhyāna) | ध्याने (dhyāne) | ध्यानानि (dhyānāni) |
| Accusative | ध्यानम् (dhyānam) | ध्याने (dhyāne) | ध्यानानि (dhyānāni) |
| Instrumental | ध्यानेन (dhyānena) | ध्यानाभ्याम् (dhyānābhyām) | ध्यानैः (dhyānaiḥ) |
| Dative | ध्यानाय (dhyānāya) | ध्यानाभ्याम् (dhyānābhyām) | ध्यानेभ्यः (dhyānebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | ध्यानात् (dhyānāt) | ध्यानाभ्याम् (dhyānābhyām) | ध्यानेभ्यः (dhyānebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | ध्यानस्य (dhyānasya) | ध्यानयोः (dhyānayoḥ) | ध्यानानाम् (dhyānānām) |
| Locative | ध्याने (dhyāne) | ध्यानयोः (dhyānayoḥ) | ध्यानेषु (dhyāneṣu) |
Descendants
- → Bengali: ধ্যান (ddhan)
- → Chinese:
- → English: dhyana
- → Gujarati: ધ્યાન (dhyān)
- → Hindi: ध्यान (dhyān)
- → Japanese: 禅 (zen)
- → Kannada: ಧ್ಯಾನ (dhyāna)
- → Marathi: ध्यान (dhyān)
- Pali: jhāna
- Burmese: ဈာန် (jhan)
- → Tamil: தியானம் (tiyāṉam)
- → Telugu: ధ్యానం (dhyānaṃ)
- → Thai: ฌาน (chaan)
- → Urdu: دھیان (dhiyān)
Proper noun
ध्यान • (Dhyāna) m
- name of a particular personification
- name of the 11th day of the light half in Brahma's month
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