禅ぜん那な

noun

dhyana; profound meditation

Buddhist term for deep meditative absorption. In Japanese Zen contexts, it is often synonymous with 禅 (zen), but 禅那 specifically refers to the Sanskrit concept of dhyana.

• 禅ぜん那なは、心こころを一ひとつの対たい象しょうに集しゅう中ちゅうさせる瞑めい想そうの段だん階かいを指さす。

  Dhyana refers to a stage of meditation in which the mind is concentrated on a single object.