dhyānam
Religious meditation; abstract contemplation - one of the eight aṅgas of Patañjali's Yoga.
In Vedanta
Meditation — in Vedānta, the sustained contemplation (nididhyāsana) on the truth revealed by the teaching. Unlike in Yoga philosophy, dhyāna in Vedānta is not a technique to produce a new experience but a means to internalize what has already been understood through śravaṇa and manana. It addresses habitual, emotional resistance to the knowledge 'I am Brahman.'