The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1059 page)

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Ibr
h
m b. Adham
(d. 777 (AH 160)).
Born at Balkh in Central Asia into a royal family, he renounced his princely life after hearing a divine voice whilst out hunting. He became recognized as a great mystic. His views on meditation (
muraqaba
) and gnosis (
ma‘rifa
) influenced the later
S
f
s
.
Icc
-m
tyu
(Skt., ‘desired-death’). The Hindu ability to yield up life at a designated moment, not by suicide, but by concentration.
Ich'adon
,
also known as Pak Y
mch'
k, Y
mch'
k, or K
ch'adon

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