yoganidrā | योगनिद्रा | yoganidrA
yoga—nidrā | योग—निद्रा | f. ‘meditation-sleep’, a state of half med˚ half sleep (which admits of the full exercise of the mental powers; it is peculiar to devotees), light sleep, (esp.) the sleep of Viṣṇu at the end of a Yuga, V˚'s Sleep personified as a goddess and said to be a form of Durgā, MBh.; Ragh. &c.
(accord. to others) the great sleep of Brahmā during the period between the annihilation and reproduction of the universe, MW.
(accord. to others) the great sleep of Brahmā during the period between the annihilation and reproduction of the universe, MW.