Ekagrata, Ekāgratā: 8 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Ekāgratā (एकाग्रता) refers to “one-pointedness” , according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] A stupid man is bewildered when he hears the real truth, while even a clever man is humbled by it just like the fool. The ignorant make a great effort to practise one-pointedness (ekāgratā) and the stopping of thought [ekāgratā nirodho vā mūḍhairabhyasyate bhṛśam], while the wise see nothing to be done and remain in themselves like those asleep. [...]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Ekāgratā (एकाग्रता, “concentration”) refers to one of the five classes of Dhyāna (meditation) which is one of six limbs of Yoga to be employed in Uttamasevā (excellent worship), according to the Guhyasamāja chapter 18.—[...] Dhyāna (meditation) is explained as the conception of the five desired objects through the five Dhyāni Buddhas, namely, Vairocana, Ratnasambhava, Amitābha, Amoghasiddhi and Akṣobhya. This Dhyāna is again subdivided into five kinds [viz., Ekāgratā (concentration)].
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Ekāgratā (एकाग्रता).—f.
(-tā) Close and undisturbed attention. E. tal added to the preceding; also with tva, ekāgratvaṃ.
Ekāgratā (एकाग्रता):—[=ekāgra-tā] [from ekāgra > eka] f. intentness in the pursuit of one object, close and undisturbed attention
Ekāgratā (एकाग्रता):—[ekā+gratā] (tā) 1. f. Close attention.
Ekāgratā (एकाग्रता):—f. nom. abstr. von ekāgra
1) [Yogasūtra.2,41.3,12] [?(Oxforder Handschriften 229,b,30. fgg.]).
Ekāgratā (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 一境性 [yī jìng xìng]: “single-realm-ness”.
2) 一 [yī]: “one”.
3) 一緣住 [yī yuán zhù]: “abiding in one-pointedness”.
4) 妬 [dù]: “jealous”.
5) 略有二種 [lüè yǒu èr zhǒng]: “there are, briefly, two kinds”.
Note: ekāgratā can be alternatively written as: eka-agratā.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Ekāgratā (एकाग्रता):—(nf) concentration (of mind), resoluteness.
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Partial matches (+0): Agrata, Ekagra, Eka, Luo, Da, Ta.
Full-text (+0): Ekagratas, Cittikagrata, Yi jing xing, Anuvikshepa, Dhyananga, Yi yuan zhu, Dhyana, Bhrisha, Lue you er zhong, Jhana, Ekotibhava, Du, Yi.
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