Meanings
nountranscendental meditation (countable and uncountable, plural transcendental meditations)
plural transcendental meditations
- countableuncountableA form of mantra meditation introduced worldwide in 1957 by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1917–2008).
- countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see transcendental, meditation.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 超覺靜坐 /超觉静坐
- 超覺靜坐 /超觉静坐 (chāojué jìngzuò)form of mantra meditation
Finnish transsendenttinen meditaatio
- transsendenttinen meditaatioform of mantra meditation
French méditation transcendantale
- méditation transcendantaleform of mantra meditation
German transzendentale Meditation
- transzendentale Meditationform of mantra meditation
Portuguese meditação transcendental
- meditação transcendentalform of mantra meditation
Russian трансцендента́льная медита́ция
- трансцендента́льная медита́ция (transcendentálʹnaja meditácija)form of mantra meditation
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