# सुषुप्ति (suṣupti)

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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 — E. sa well, ṣvapa to sleep, ktin aff
- **SLP1:** `suzupti`  **IAST:** suṣupti  **Devanagari:** सुषुप्ति
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/sushupti/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Deep Sleep and its Characteristics (5 definitions)
- deep sleep  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1237,3] सु (su) — षुप्ति (—ṣupti) f. deep sleep (in phil. ‘complete unconsciousness’), Vedāntas. [ ID=250240 ]
- Deep sleep  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स (sa) ुषुप्ति (suṣupti) [Printed book page 938 ] स (sa) ुषुप्ति (suṣupti) f. ( - प्तिः (-ptiḥ) ) Deep sleep, profound repose, entire insensibility. E. स (sa) well, ष्वप (ṣvapa) to sleep, क्तिन् (ktin) aff. [ ID=42493 ]
- Deep sleep  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सुषुप्ति (suṣupti) [Printed book page 861-a ] सु - षुप्ति (su-ṣupti) ( प्तिः ) ((ptiḥ)) 2. f. Deep sleep. [ ID=42276 ]
- Deep sleep  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सुषुप्ति (suṣupti) [Printed book page 1051-a ] सुषुप्ति (suṣupti) suṣupti, i. e. su-supti, f. Deep sleep, insensibility, Vedāntas. in Chr. 204, 22. [ ID=16265 ]
- deep sleep  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सुषुप्ति (suṣupti) [Printed book page 629 ] सुषुप्ति (suṣupti) f. deep sleep, ° वत् (°vat) adv. as in deep sleep. [ ID=37758 ]

### Philosophical Interpretation as Spiritual Ignorance (Avidyā) (1 definition)
- 1. Deep sleep or profound repose. 2. Spiritual ignorance.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > सुषुप्ति (suṣupti) [Printed book page 789-02 ] सुषुप्ति (suṣupti) f. 1. Deep sleep, profound repose; 2. spiritual ignorance, अविद्यात्मिका हि सा महासुषुप्ति (suṣupti) र्यस्यां स्वरूपप्रतिबोधरहिताः शेरते संसारिणो जीवाः (avidyātmikā hi sā mahāsuṣuptiryasyāṃ svarūpapratibodharahitāḥ śerate saṃsāriṇo jīvāḥ) S.Bh. i.4. [ ID=41258 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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