Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Suṣupta-Sthāna | "the state of deep sleep"

Sushupta-Sthana

Suṣupta-Sthāna (IAST)
Translation: "the state of deep sleep"
From Mandukya Upanishad (Verse 5, 11)

A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy
Sanskrit: सुषुप्ति
Transliteration: Suṣupti
Translation: "deep sleep; sleep without dream"
Sanskrit: स्थान
Transliteration: Sthāna
Translation: "position; proximity"
   
Translation by Swami Sharvananda
Sanskrit: सुषुप्तस्थान
Transliteration: Suṣupta-Sthāna
Translation: "whose field is the deep sleep state"


References:
  1. Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
  2. Sharvananda, Swami (1920). Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads: With Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-For-Word Literal Translation, English, Rendering and Comments. Mylapore, Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math