Ekagrata
Sanskrit: एकाग्रत
Transliteration: Ekāgrata (IAST)
Translation: “one-pointed; close attention”
Definition: The one-pointed mind is that which is devoted to a single object. It is a mind filled with purity, luminosity (Sattva).*
एकाग्र – Ekāgra – one pointed, having one point, fixing one's attention upon one point or object, closely attentive, intent, absorbed in; -tā, intentness in the pursuit of one object, close and undisturbed attention**
References:
*Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
**Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press
Transliteration: Ekāgrata (IAST)
Translation: “one-pointed; close attention”
Definition: The one-pointed mind is that which is devoted to a single object. It is a mind filled with purity, luminosity (Sattva).*
एकाग्र – Ekāgra – one pointed, having one point, fixing one's attention upon one point or object, closely attentive, intent, absorbed in; -tā, intentness in the pursuit of one object, close and undisturbed attention**
References:
*Grimes, John (1996). A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English. Albany: State University of New York Press
**Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press
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