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ध्यान

ध्यान

Hindi

Noun

ध्यान (dhyān) m (Urdu spelling دھیان)

  1. attention
  2. meditation, reflection
  3. consideration, notice, heedfulness, care
  4. reflection, reverie

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit ध्यान (dhyāna)

Noun

ध्यान (dhyān) m

  1. meditation
  2. attention

Sanskrit

Noun

ध्यान (dhyāna) n

  1. meditation, thought, reflection, (especially) profound and abstract religious meditation; a dhyana
    dhyānam-√āpad, dhyānam ā-√sthā or dhyānaṃ-√gam — to indulge in religious meditation
  2. mental representation of the personal attributes of a deity
  3. 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 ध्याना (dhyānā) 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

Proper noun

ध्यान (Dhyāna) m

  1. name of a particular personification
  2. name of the 11th day of the light half in Brahma's month