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Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śāstra

Aikāgrya (ऐकाग्र्य) refers to “mental-concentration”. It is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti and the Baudhāyana-dharmasūtra.

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aikāgrya (ऐकाग्र्य).—Intentness on one object.

Derivable forms: aikāgryam (ऐकाग्र्यम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aikāgrya (ऐकाग्र्य).—n.

(-gryaṃ) Intentness on one object. E. ekāgra, and ṣyañ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aikāgrya (ऐकाग्र्य).—i. e. eka-agra + ya, n. Attention fixed on one subject, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in Chr. 202, 20.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aikāgrya (ऐकाग्र्य).—[neuter] concentrated attention.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aikāgrya (ऐकाग्र्य):—[from aika] n. ([from] ekāgra), intentness or concentration on one object, [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Vedāntasāra]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aikāgrya (ऐकाग्र्य):—[aikā+grya] (gryaṃ) 1. n. Intentness.

[Sanskrit to German]

Aikagrya in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aikāgrya (ಐಕಾಗ್ರ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] a bringing or directing toward a common centre.

2) [noun] the act or an instance of focusing one’s thought, efforts, etc. on a single purpose or object.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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