Meditation in Malayalam
Meditation is ധ്യാനം (dhyaanam), holding the mind fixed on a single object. Reasoned, reflective thinking is മനനം (mananam). Someone sunk deep in meditation is described as ധ്യാനതല്പ്പര (dhyaanathalppara).
Most common translation
Meditation, contemplation with the mind fixed on an object.
രാവിലെ ധ്യാനം ചെയ്യുന്നത് നല്ലതാണ്.
raavile dhyaanam cheyyunnathu nallathaanu.
Meditating in the morning is good.
All Malayalam words for “meditation”
- ധ്യാനം (dhyaanam) — Meditation, contemplation with the mind fixed on an object.
- മനനം (mananam) — Meditation, contemplation, rational thinking, deliberation.
- യോഗം (yogam) — Meeting, assembly, copulation, path to salvation, meditation, fate, luck, means, method, effort, prohibition.
- സ്മൃതി (smrithi) — Recollection, memory, meditation, code of ethical laws, tradition.
- ധ്യാനതല്പ്പര (dhyaanathalppara) — Immersed in meditation.
- ധ്യാനനിഷ്ഠ (dhyaananishta) — Absorbed in meditation; n. faith in meditation.
- യോഗബലം (yogabalam) — The power gained through the control of the senses and meditation, mystic power, good fortune.
- യോഗി (yogi) — One who practices Yoga, an ascetic, sanyasi, one who practices meditation, Siva, Vishnu.
- സമാധി (samaadhi) — Deep meditation, death (of sages, ascetics and holy persons), burial, tomb (of holy persons).
dhyaanam is the practice itself, mananam is contemplation and deliberation, and yogam is a broad word that takes in meditation among many other senses.
Common questions
What is meditation in Malayalam?
ധ്യാനം (dhyaanam) is the word for meditation.
What is the power gained through meditation called?
യോഗബലം (yogabalam), the strength that comes from controlling the senses.