Dhyanashila, Dhyānaśīlā, Dhyana-shila: 4 definitions
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Dhyanashila has 2 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Dhyānaśīlā can be transliterated into English as Dhyanasila or Dhyanashila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDhyānaśīlā (ध्यानशीला):—f. Nomen proprium einer Göttin [KĀLACAKRA 3, 145.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDhyānaśīlā (ध्यानशीला):—f. Nomen proprium einer buddh. Göttin.
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.
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Partial matches: Shila, Dhyana, Cila.
Full-text: Dhyanayogi.
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