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, adhyātmapramodanāt [Page287-b] prītisukham iti dvitīyaṃ, upekṣāsmṛtisaṃprajanyaṃ 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 dhyānabhūmi 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 ).