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Dhyana
Dhyana Sanskrit Name Romanization Dhyāna Devanāgarī ध्यान Pali Name Romanization Jhāna Devanāgarī झान Sinhala ඣාන Chinese Name Hanyu Pinyin Chán Wade-Giles Ch'an Cantonese IPA sɪm4 Cantonese Jyutping sim Hanzi 禪 Jiantizi 禅 ..
Dhyanamudra
Dhyanamudra, that is the gesture of meditation, is a sitting position depicted in a number of iconography associated with Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. In this yogic position, the person is depicted seated with both hands resting on his lap, the right hand over the left. The palms are kept turned..
Dhyana in Hinduism
According to the Hindu Yoga Sutra dhyana is one of the eight methods of Yoga, (the other seven methods are Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, and Samadhi). In the Ashtanga Yoga of Patanjali, the stage of meditation preceding dhyāna is called dharana. In Dhyana, the meditator..
Dhyan Chand
Major "Dhyan Chand" Singh (1905-08-29–1979-12-03) was a former Indian hockey player and Olympian. Regarded as the best hockey player ever, and mesmerised Adolf Hitler for his exploits in the sport. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour. he got the title "Cha..
Dhyarmakara
Dhyarmakara, a Hindu Buddhist monk who went to the famous Whitehouse Temple in Luo Yang, China in the 3rd century. Seeing Chinese Buddhist believers only shaving off hairs without taking to other disciplines, he wrote a guidebook for them to follow. ..

 


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