Styana, Styāna: 13 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchStyāna (स्त्यान):—(von styā)
1) adj. geronnen [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1494.] [Halāyudha 2, 121.] ghṛta [Suśruta 1, 97, 18.] śoṇita [2, 57, 2.] [Sāhityadarpana 146, 5.] śopha [CARAKA 1, 18.] erstarrt: hṛdaya [8, 13.] = snigdha [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 290.] [Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 23.] —
2) n. a) das Gerinnen, Verdichtung; = ghanatva [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) Intensität: dadhati styānamambūkṛtāni [UTTARAR. 33, 20 (45, 2).] — c) Apathie [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 443.] [Rgva tch’er rol pa ed. Calc. 159, 2.] [Yogasūtra 1, 30.] = akarmaṇyatā cittasya Comm. = ālasya [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Hārāvalī 137.] — d) Echo (verstärkter Laut) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]
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Styāna (स्त्यान):—
1) mastiṣka [CARAKA 10, 9.]
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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Starts with: Styanagriddhi, Styanamiddha, Styanarddhi, Styanata.
Ends with: Astyana, Samstyana.
Full-text (+7): Astyana, Thina, Middha, Styai, Thiṇṇa, Shtya, Stina, Samstyana, Stiyanakkiranti, Styanamiddha, Samstyaya, Auddhatya, Audarika, Laya, Sukshma, Paryavasthana, Shilavat, Upaklesha, Klesha, Parshva.
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Yoga-sutras (with Bhoja’s Rajamartanda) (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Sūtra 1.30 < [First Chapter (Samadhi Pada)]
Yoga-sutras (Vedanta Commentaries)
Sūtras 30-31 < [Part I - Yoga and its Aims]
Yoga-sutras (Ancient and Modern Interpretations) (by Makarand Gopal Newalkar)
Sūtra 1.30-32 [Cittavikṣepa—Obstacles on the path of Yoga] < [Book I - Samādhi-pāda]
Yoga-sutras (with Vyasa and Vachaspati Mishra) (by Rama Prasada)
Sūtra 1.30 < [Book 1 - Trance (Samādhi)]
Jainism and Patanjali Yoga (Comparative Study) (by Deepak bagadia)
Part 4.5 - Obstacles on the path of Yoga (citta-viksepa) < [Chapter 2 - Yoga philosophy and practices]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Bodhisattva quality 28: excelled in destroying various wrong views < [Chapter XIII - The Buddha-fields]
Part 3 - Pure generosity and Impure generosity < [Chapter XIX - The Characteristics of Generosity]
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