[INDOLOGY] Etymology and meaning of 'Jhana'

[Dominik Wujastyk]

It may seem a quibble, but isn't the
*​Prākṛtaprakāśa*'s author making an assertion, not giving an explanation?
To me, at least, there's an important difference.

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On 11 September 2016 at 10:48, Nityanand Misra <nmisra at gmail.com> wrote:

> The
> *​​Prākṛtaprakāśa* has the rule (8.25)
>
> ṣṭhā-dhyā-gānāṃ ṭhā·a-jhā·a-gā·āḥ
> (ष्ठा-ध्या-गानां ठाअ-झाअ-गाआः)
>
> which explains Sanskrit dhyā changing to jhā·a. Hence
>
> dhyāyanti -> jhāanti
> dhyāna -> jhāṇa
>
> The *Abhidhānarājendraḥ* has a rather long entry under *jhāṇa*. It also
> derives the word from *dhyāna *and cites the rule *sādhyasadhyahyāṃ jhaḥ* instead,
> which I believe is from Hemacandra's grammar.
>
> Hope this helps, Nityananda
>
>
> On 11 September 2016 at 17:44, alakendu das <mailmealakendudas at rediffmail.
> com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Of late I am vividly going through a very old translation of a book on
>> Abhidhamma Buddhist philosophy .It is difficult to gather the name of the
>> translator.However,in course of the book I came across an analysis found in
>> the book 'VishuddhiMagga'by BuddhaGhosha which uses a term 'Jhana'while
>> describing the 3 -levels of consciousness .Jhana has been used while
>> elaborating on the 2nd level of consciousness ,where the Yogachara( i.e the
>> bhikhhu who delves into Yoga) meditates on an object abd finally attains
>> Jhana.
>>
>> Can anybody enlighten on the implication of the term Jhana and it's
>> etymology.
>>
>> ALAKENDU DAS.
>>
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