单词 | sadhana |
释义 | sadhanan. 1. In Indian philosophy: dedicated practice or learning to achieve an (esp. spiritual) goal. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > non-Christian religions > Hinduism > systems of philosophy > [noun] > concepts in pralaya1678 akasha1768 atman1785 karma1785 maya1789 samskara1827 samsara1845 satya1879 sadhana1898 marga1926 1898 K. L. Sarkar Hindu Syst. of Relig. Sci. & Art vii. 137 Worship and prayer (Sadhana and Upasana) are in the main of two kinds. 1932 N. K. Brahma Philos. of Hindu Sādhanā ii. 13 The term ‘Sādhanā’ is a current Bengali expression... Its literal meaning is ‘that by which something is performed’ or more precisely ‘means to an end’. In the sphere of religion, it is always used to indicate the essential preliminary discipline that leads to the attainment of the spiritual experience which is regarded as the summum bonum... Sādhanā includes all the religious practices and ceremonies that are helpful to the realisation of spiritual experience. 1968 Indian Music Jrnl. 5 33 After seven years of Sādhanā..[he] was appointed the principal teacher of Lahore branch. 2002 Massage & Bodywork June 72/2 Working with the dying is some of the juiciest sadhana (spiritual work) on the planet. 2. More generally: the discipline by which an (esp. spiritual) goal may be achieved. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] > discipline exercitationa1398 exercising1508 sadhana1909 1909 S. Tattavabhúshan Philos. of Bráhmaism i. 2 Bráhmaism..presents itself to us in three aspects,—(1) as a creed, (2) as a system of Sádhan or spiritual culture, and (3) as a scheme of social reform. 1921 C. Eliot Hinduism & Buddhism II. xxxii. 282 Siddhi is produced by Sâdhana, or that method of training the physical and psychic faculties which realizes their potentialities... It is part of Sâdhana to arouse..energy and make it mount from the lower to the higher centres. 1958 V. Raghavan in W. T. de Bary et al. Sources of Indian Tradition xiii. 303 As Indian philosophy aims at experiencing the Truth, all the schools include disciplines (Sādhanas), practical means for the attainment of the spiritual goal. 1972 P. Holroyde Indian Music vii. 252 The artistic search through feeling out the sādhana of the musical art is, as a result, inward and contemplative. 2002 P. R. Tigunait Himalayan Masters ix. 121 Acquainting yourself with the routes to that destination is like learning the proper system of sadhana. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1898 |
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