DyAna ¦ n. meditation, thought, reflection, (esp.) profound and abstract religious meditation, (am Apad, A-√ sTA or aM-√ gam, to indulge in ), ChUp.; Mn.; MBh.; Kāv. &c. (with Buddhists divided into 4 stages, MWB. 209; Dharmas. lxxii; but also into 3 ib. cix)