Ekagrya, Eka-agrya, Ekāgrya: 7 definitions
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In Hinduism
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Ekāgrya (एकाग्र्य) refers to “having a focused mind”, according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Janaka says to Aṣṭavakra]: “First of all I was averse to physical activity, then to lengthy speech, and finally to thinking itself, which is why I am now established. In the absence of delight in sound and the other senses, and by the fact that I am myself not an object of the senses, my mind is focused (ekāgrya) and free from distraction—which is why I am now established [vikṣepaikāgryahṛdaya evamevāhamāsthitaḥ]. Owing to the distraction of such things as wrong identification, one is driven to strive for mental stillness. Recognising this pattern I am now established. [...]”.
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).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Ekāgrya (एकाग्र्य).—= °अग्र (agra).
-gryam concentration.
Ekāgrya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms eka and agrya (अग्र्य).
Ekāgrya (एकाग्र्य).—mfn.
(-gryaḥ-gryā-gryaṃ) Closely attentive: see the preceding. E. eka, agrya chief, &c.
1) Ekāgrya (एकाग्र्य):—[from eka] mfn. closely attentive, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] n. close attention, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Ekāgrya (एकाग्र्य):—[ekā+grya] (gryaḥ-gryā-gryaṃ) a. Closely attentive, fixed on one object.
Ekāgrya (एकाग्र्य):—adj. = ekāgra [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 29.]
Ekāgrya (एकाग्र्य):—Adj. = ekāgra 1).
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Agrya, Eka.
Starts with (+0): Ekagryasiddhi.
Full-text (+0): Ekagryasiddhi.
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