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Styana, ٲԲ: 13 definitions

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Styana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

ٲԲ (स्त्या�):—[ٲԲṃ] Feeling of heaviness, Thick, solid, Massive

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

1) ٲԲ (स्त्या�, “lethargy�) refers to one of ten types of manifestly active defilements (貹ⲹٳԲ) according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 13.—The Bodhisattvas (accompanying the Buddha at Ჹṛh on the ṛdūṭa貹ٲ) excelled in destroying various these ten manifestly active defilements (e.g., ٲԲ).

2) ٲԲ (स्त्या�) refers to “laziness�, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 19).—Great fruits are promised for the generosity accomplished by a person endowed with morality (śī) who, according to the Aṅguttara, is free of the five faults and provided with five qualities. The five faults, viz., sensual desire () and the desire of action (chanda); maliciousness (); laziness (ٲԲ) and languor (middha); agitation (auddhatya) and regret (첹ܰṛtⲹ) and finally, doubt (쾱ٲ) are borrowed from the list of 貹ⲹٳԲs which the practice of generosity helps to eliminate. The Mppś has already given a complete list of the (cf. Treatise, I, p. 424F).

: WikiPedia: Mahayana Buddhism

ٲԲ (स्त्या�) refers to “lethargy�; Cf. Laya and Auddhatya, representing one of the “five faults� (īԲ), connected with śٳ (“access concentration�), according to Kamalaśīla and the Śrāvakabhūmi section of the Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra.—Laxity (laya) may be coarse (ܻ첹, rags-pa) or subtle (ū, phra-mo). Lethargy (ٲԲ, rmugs-pa) is often also present, but is said to be less common.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.

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General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

ٲԲ (स्त्या�, “sloth�) refers to one of the fourty “conditions� (ṃs) that are “associated with mind� (citta-samprayukta) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 30). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., ٲԲ). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

ٲԲ also refers to one of the “twenty-four minor defilements� (ܱ貹ś) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 69).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ٲԲ (स्त्या�).�a. [styai-kta]

1) Collected into a mass; पर्यन्तप्रतिरोधिमेदुरचयस्त्यान� चिताज्योतिषाम् (paryantapratirodhimeduracayaٲԲ� citājyotiṣām) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 5.11; घनतरुशिखरे स्त्याननीलस्वरूपाम् (ghanataruśikhare ٲԲnīlasvarūpām) (ٲ峾) Nāg.5.8.

2) Thick, bulky, gross; स्त्यानेनार्द्रे� चाक्तः स्वयमनुभविता भूषण� भीममस्मि (styānenārdreṇa cākta� svayamanubhavitā bhūṣaṇa� bhīmamasmi) Ve. 5.35.

3) Soft, bland, smooth, unctuous; स्त्यानावनद्धघ�- शोणितशोणपाणि� (styānāvanaddhaghana- śoṇitaśoṇapāṇi�) Ve.1.21.

4) Sounding.

-nam 1 Thickness, grossness, increase in magnitude or bulk; दधति कुहर- भाजामत्र भल्लूकयूनामनुरसितगुरूण� स्त्यानमम्बूकृतानि (dadhati kuhara- bhājāmatra bhallūkayūnāmanurasitagurūṇi ٲԲmambūkṛtāni) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.6; Uttararāmacarita 2.21; Mv.5.41.

2) Unctuousness.

3) Nectar.

4) Sloth, idleness.

5) Echo, sound.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ٲԲ (स्त्या�).�nt., also (semi-MIndic) stīna, thīna, qq.v. (as noun rare in Sanskrit; = Pali thīna, AMg. thīṇa), sluggish- ness, languor, torpor: °nam Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 1981 = Tibetan rmugs pa, languor (followed by middham 1982); ٳ󲹰ṃg 30, 69 (in 69 middham also occurs, not immediately following; this is a list of ܱ貹ś); chiefly in [compound] ٲԲ-middha, see next.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٲԲ (स्त्या�).—mfn.

(-Բ�--Բ�) 1. Bland, soft, unctuous, smooth. 2. Thick, bulky, gross. 3. Collecting into a mass. 4. Sounding. n.

(-Բ�) 1. Thickness, grossness, massiveness. 2. Idleness, sloth. 3. Echo. 4. Unctuousness. 5. Nectar. E. styai to sound, kta aff.; ta changed to na.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٲԲ (स्त्या�).—[adjective] coagulate, stiff, rigid.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ٲԲ (स्त्या�):—[from styai] mfn. grown dense, coagulated, [Suśruta; Sāhitya-darpaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] stiffened, become rigid, [Caraka]

3) [v.s. ...] soft, bland, unctuous, smooth (= snigdha), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] thick, bulky, gross, [Horace H. Wilson]

5) [v.s. ...] sounding, [Monier-Williams� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

6) [v.s. ...] n. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) density, thickness, grossness, massiveness

7) [v.s. ...] unctuousness

8) [v.s. ...] nectar

9) [v.s. ...] idleness, sloth, apathy

10) [v.s. ...] echo, sound.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ٲԲ (स्त्या�):—[(na�-nā-Բ�) a.] Bland, unctuous, smooth, thick. n. Thickness; idleness; echo.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

ٲԲ (स्त्या�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ṭhīṇa, ճṇṇ.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ٲԲ (ಸ್ತ್ಯಾ�):�

1) [adjective] made of a large number of things; mass.

2) [adjective] stout; fat.

3) [adjective] soft; smooth.

4) [adjective] curdled; coagulated; solidified.

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ٲԲ (ಸ್ತ್ಯಾ�):�

1) [noun] solidified ghee (clarified butter).

2) [noun] the quality of being stout, fat; stoutness.

3) [noun] ambrosia, the food of gods.

4) [noun] lack of energy, alertness or vigour; sluggishness.

5) [noun] a sound that is repeated by the reflection of sound ways from a surface.

6) [noun] lack of capacity, fitness; incapacity; disability.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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