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| समाधिपाद,-1.Samādhi Pāda, (S.-0, Ch.-1, V.-10) |
अभावप्रत्ययाअलम्बना तमोवृत्तिर्निद्र ॥१०॥ |
abhāva-pratyaya-ālambanā tamo-vr̥ttir-nidra ॥10॥ |
| abhava = absence, non-existence, non-occurrence, negation, voidness,
nothingness pratyaya = the cause, the feeling, causal or cognitive principle, notion, content of mind, presented idea, cognition alambana = support, substratum, leaning on, dependent on, having as a base or foundation vritti = operations, activities, fluctuations, modifications, changes, or various forms of the mind-field nidra = deep sleep |
Sleep is a Vrtti which embraces the feeling of voidness. |
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