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सुषुप्तिsuṣupti

सुषुप्ति (suṣupti) is a Sanskrit word meaning deep sleep, spiritual ignorance. Its 6 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Deep Sleep and its Characteristics, Philosophical Interpretation as Spiritual Ignorance (Avidyā).

Etymology
E. स well, ष्वप to sleep, क्तिन् aff
Definitions
6
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Meanings by context

Deep Sleep and its Characteristics

5 definitions
deep sleep

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Deep sleep

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Deep sleep

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Deep sleep

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

deep sleep

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Philosophical Interpretation as Spiritual Ignorance (Avidyā)

1 definition
1. Deep sleep or profound repose. 2. Spiritual ignorance.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 6 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.