අ නියම්, a. indeterminate, contingent, indefinite, vague, anomalous, eccentric.

ඇටිකුකුළා, ඇටිකුළා, n. a kind of wild fowl. Greek partridge, centropus rufinennis.

ඉරටය, ඉරටුව, n. eakle or centre rib of palm leaf; pl. ඉරටා, ඉරටු.

කුමාරිය, n. In H. cosmology the central part of the Universe, viz. Jambudwipa or India, sp. the southern part terminating in cape Comorin or Kumāri; also a river issuing from mount Saktiman. Bot.

කේන්ද්‍රය, n. horoscope; centre, චක්‍රනාභිය.

ගුළු·ඇණය, n. pivot of a lathe, centre-pin or hole-pin.

චක්‍ර·නාභියා, n. centre of a circle, වකයේ මැද.

තපෝ·වටය, n. ascetic or holy region in central India where the people are said to be very pious.

තරල·මිණ, n. central gem of a necklace.

දිය·සලා·මුඛය, n. centre of a whirlpool, vortex.

ධ්‍යානය, n. B., meditation, profound contemplation, concentration of the thought and purpose in order to obtain Nirvāna, such an intentness of mind that it is supposed to exclude objects of sense so that they are unperceived or make no impression. It is divided into five stages: the first, ප්‍රථම ධ්‍යා නය, is one of need, doubt or investigation (විතර්‍කය); the second, වීතීය ධ්‍යානය, as the result of the first, is one of seeking (විචාරය); the third, තෘතීය ධ්‍යානය, as the result of the Previous page Next page Back to the Search Page   |   Back to the DDSA Page Charles Carter: A Sinhalese-English dictionary. Previous page -- 312 -- second, is one of finding or joy (ප්‍රීතිය); the fourth, චතුථි ධ්‍යානය, as the result of the third, is one of sound condition or satisfaction (සුඛය); the fifth, පංචම ධ්‍යානය, as the result of the fourth, is one of perfect mental quietude and repose (ඒකාග්‍රතාව). The following may illustrate the different stages. The first may be compared to thirst; the second, to the seeking of water; the third, to the joy of finding it; the fourth, to the benefit and satisfection derived from drinking it; the fifth, to the quiet repose and rest in the shade after the want has been satisfied.

නැබ·මඩුල්ල, n. orifice or region of the navel; nave of a wheel, බොස්ගෙඩිය; centre of a cobweb, මකුළුදැලේ මැද.

නිසෘෂ්ට, a. central, middle, මැදවූ.

පරි·කසිණ, n. (පරි around, කසිණ all), an observance and attainment of ascetics preparatory to the performance of ධ්‍යාන: it consists of one of the following, viz. තේජෝකසිණ, ආ පෝකසිණ, ආකාසෝකසිණ or පඨවිකසිණ. The mind and all its faculties must be so concentrated upon its object that nothing else is perceptible to the senses. See each one of the four.

ප්‍රථම·ධ්‍යානය, n. B., first stage of meditation or concentration of thought: this first ධ්‍යා නය is a state of විතර්‍කය. See ධ්‍යානය.