# निदिध्यासन (nididhyāsana)

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निदिध्यासन (nididhyāsana) is a Sanskrit word meaning profound and repeated meditation, profound meditation and deep, repeated consideration, deep and repeated consideration. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Profound Meditation / Deep Contemplation, Cross-reference to Related Term.

- **Etymology:** E. नि before ध्यै in the reiterative form, affix ल्यु — E. ni before dhyai in the reiterative form, affix lyu
- **SLP1:** `nidiDyAsana`  **IAST:** nididhyāsana  **Devanagari:** निदिध्यासन
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nididhy%C4%81sana
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/nididhyasana/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Profound Meditation / Deep Contemplation (9 definitions)
- profound and repeated meditation  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 549,1] नि - दिध्यासन (ni-didhyāsana) b n. profound and repeated meditation, Prab.; Vedāntas. [ ID=108621 ]
- Deep and repeated consideration  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नि (ni) दिध्यासन (nididhyāsana) [Printed book page 467 ] नि (ni) दिध्यासन (nididhyāsana) n. ( - नं (-naṃ) ) Deep and repeated consideration, thinking of or recalling repeatedly. E. नि (ni) before ध्यै (dhyai) in the reiterative form, affix ल्यु (lyu). [ ID=21695 ]
- Deep and repeated consideration  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > निदिध्यासन (nididhyāsana) [Printed book page 417-a ] नि - दिध्यासन (ni-didhyāsana) ( नं ) ((naṃ)) 1. n. Deep and repeated consideration. [ ID=21179 ]
- Profound and repeated meditation  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > निदिध्यासन (nididhyāsana) [Printed book page 379-18 ] निदिध्यासन (nididhyāsana) n. Profound and repeated meditation. [ ID=19445.1 ]
- Deep and repeated consideration  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > नि (ni) दिध्यासन (nididhyāsana) [Printed book page 390-a ] नि (ni) दिध्यासन (nididhyāsana) n. ( - नं (-naṃ) ) Deep and repeated consideration, thinking of or recalling repeatedly. E. नि (ni) before, ध्यै (dhyai) in the reiterative form, affix ल्यु (lyu). [ ID=21682 ]
- Profound meditation  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > निदिध्यासन (nididhyāsana) [Printed book page 0473-a ] निदिध्यासन (nididhyāsana) nididhyāsana, i. e. ni- didhyāsa, desider. of dhyai, + ana, n. Profound meditation, Vedāntas. in Chr. 216, 1. [ ID=7455 ]
- meditation  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > निदिध्यासन (nididhyāsana) [Printed book page 270 ] निदिध्यासन (nididhyāsana) n. meditation. [ ID=16393 ]
- profound and repeated meditation  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > निदिध्यासन (nididhyāsana) [Printed book page 0486-c ] निदिध्यासन (nididhyāsana) ni-didhyāsana, am, n. (fr. the Desid. of rt. dhyai ), profound and repeated medi- tation. [ ID=24626 ]
- profound meditation and deep, repeated consideration  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > [Printed book page 0487-c ] Ni-didhyāsana, am, n. profound meditation, deep and repeated consideration, thinking of or re- calling repeatedly. [ ID=24672 ]

### Cross-reference to Related Term (1 definition)
- See ni-dhyai.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 548,1] नि - दिध्यासन (ni-didhyāsana) a See नि - ध्यै (ni-dhyai). [ ID=108504 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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