[dhyai-bhāve-lyuṭ] 1 Meditation, reflection, thought, contemplation; jñānād dhyānaṃ viśiṣyate Bg. 12. 12; [Page0602-b+ 53] Ms. 1. 12, 6. 72.

2 Especially, ab- stract contemplation, religious me- ditation; tadaiva dhyānādavagato'smi Ś. 7; R. 1. 73.

3 Divine intuition or discernment.

4 Mental representa- tion of the personal attributes of a deity; iti dhyānaṃ. Comp. gamya a. attainable by meditation only....