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jhānaṁ

jhāna

accusative singular neuter of jhāna

  1. meditative absorption
  2. state of rapt concentration
  3. sustained contemplation

Etymology. Sanskrit dhyāna, probably from √dhyai 'to meditate'; the Pali form shows regular sound change from Sanskrit dh- to jh-. No clear Indo-European cognate; the word entered Sanskrit from a non-Indo-European source, possibly Dravidian.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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