noun
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a concentrating of the mind on, and reflecting solemnly on sacred matters; contemplation; meditation.
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a meditating on the Supreme or abstract principle of the universal being, following self-denial, strict austere, moral and ethical life, etc.
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a place where a dead body is buried.
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a tomb constructed on it; a cenotaph.
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the practice of burrying alive saints and a vřndāvana built over there; the sanctuary or tomb of a saint.
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(rhet.) an attributing of the character, quality of one object to another.
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(yoga.) profound or abstract meditation; intense contemplation of any particular object so as to identify the contemplator with the contemplated object, the eighth stage of yoga.
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(jain.) a dying by abstaining from the food, as a vow.