dhyāna (7972)

dhyāna
Entry 7972, Page 287, Col. 1

(DyAna, DyAna)
dhyāna¦, nt. (Skt. id.; in technical sense = Pali jhāna), lit. meditation or contemplation; mystic ‘trance’; Lévi (Sūtrāl.) extase. Normally four, as in Pali, described in some detail in a long ancient passage (the Pali form, virtually identical, cited in Childers), found with hardly a true variant LV 129.1--11; 343.14--344.4; Mv i.228.3--10; ii.131.16--132.5; Mvy 1478--1481; an abbreviated form, giving the central points, as follows: savitarkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ prītisukham iti prathamadhyānaṃ, adhyātma- [Page287-b+ 71] pramodanāt prītisukham iti dvitīyaṃ, upekṣāsmṛtisaṃ- prajanyaṃ sukham iti tṛtīyaṃ, upekṣāsmṛtipariśuddhir aduḥkhāsukhā vedaneti caturthaṃ dhyānam iti Dharmas 72; they are the first four of the nine anupūrvavihāra- (-samāpatti), qq.v.; these are related to the four dhyāna- bhūmi constituted or occupied by the various classes of rūpāvacara gods (see deva), as explained by Childers, in that attainment in worldly life of (various stages of adeptness in) each of the four dhyāna leads to rebirth in successively higher stages among these gods; catu-dhyāna- (meter proves single initial consonant pronounced for written dhy-)-dhyāyino (as before) SP 131.5 (vs); three dhyāna, listed as sadoṣāpakarṣa-, sukhavaihārika-, and aśeṣavaibhūṣita- (read °vaibhūtika-? see this word), Dharmas 109; I have found no other trace of this list; the names sound vaguely as if the first might apply to the first of the 4 dhyāna, the second to the 2d and 3d combined, and the third to the 4th; in Laṅk 10.11 na ṣaḍdhyānādidhyāyinā (tvayā bhavitavyam), you should not meditate on such things as the six dhyāna; apparently some reprehended practices are meant, but I have no more idea of the specific meaning than had Suzuki (Studies, 414).

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