• Dhāraṇā (Sanskrit: धारणा) is the sixth limb of eight elucidated by Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga or Raja Yoga in his Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. It is directing...
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  • धारणा ॥ १॥ deśabandhaścittasya dhāraṇā .. 1.. Fixing the consciousness on one point or region is concentration (dhāraṇā). तत्र प्रत्ययैकतानता ध्यानम् ॥...
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    (observances), asana (posture), pranayama (breathing), pratyahara (withdrawal), dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation) and samadhi (absorption). The eight...
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    Ranakpur Jain temple or Chaturmukha Dharana Vihara is a Śvētāmbara Jain temple at Ranakpur dedicated to Tirthankara Rishabhanatha. The temple is located...
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    seventh limbs of dhāraṇā and dhyāna respectively. According to Taimni, dhāraṇā, dhyāna, and samādhi form a graded series: Dhāraṇā ― In dhāraṇā, the mind learns...
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  • stillness. Ekāgratā and dhāraṇā do not differ from each other, or else dhāraṇā is achieving and maintaining ekāgratā. Dhāraṇā converges on a particular...
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  • up dharana, dhāraṇa, धारणा, or धारण in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dharan is a sub-metropolitan city in Nepal. Dharan may also refer to: Dhāraṇā, concentration...
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    control of the prana(breath) 5. Pratyahara – withdrawal of the senses 6. Dhāraṇā – concentration 7. Dhyāna – meditation 8. Samādhi – absorption Vibhuti...
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    Patañjali, this is one method of achieving the initial concentration (dhāraṇā: Yoga Sutras, III: 1) necessary for the mind to become introverted in meditation...
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    Dallas for the American Telugu Association in 2002. Rao is known for his Dhāraṇā (memorising and reciting), which is a key requirement for performing Avadhanams...
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  • transitions into the "inner limbs" that are one-pointedness of mind (dhāraṇā), meditation (dhyāna), and finally samādhi. Later developments in Hindu...
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    magickal name Soror Estai. She undertook various practises including yoga, dhāraṇā and pranayama of which she kept a detailed record which was later published...
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  • Jayant Ojasvi Berde as Riddhi, elder daughter of Pradeep and Sarika Radha Dharana as Katha, younger daughter of Pradeep and Sarika Sharvari Lohokare as Gauri...
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  • of her paternal gotra (clan) was "Dharana", but an alternative reading of these inscriptions suggests that Dharana was the gotra of her mother Kuberanaga...
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    17. சுபானு Subhānu 2003–2004 47. பிரமாதீச Pramādīca 2033–2034 18. தாரண Dhārana 2004–2005 48. ஆனந்த Ānanda 2034–2035 19. பார்த்திப Partibhā 2005–2006 49...
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  • this, the couple charges up with energy, while – with focused attention (Dhāraṇā) – the couple is submerging in that in which they are having pleasure....
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    ("Abstraction"): Withdrawal of the sense organs from external objects. Dharana ("Concentration"): Fixing the attention on a single object. Dhyana ("Meditation"):...
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  • the brain and takes the practitioner to the next stages of Yoga, namely Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (meditation), and samadhi (unification of mind)...
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    pranayama (breath work), pratyahara (sense withdrawal or non-attachment), dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation), and samadhi (realization of the true...
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    Concepts Eight limbs Yama Niyama Asana Lotus position Pranayama Pratyahara Dhāraṇā Dhyana Samadhi Kriyā Mantra Pranava Nada Surat Shabd Aghor Yoga Mudras...
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    Pindorama, by Pau Brasil 1987: Flávio Pantoja, by Flavio Pantoja 1987: Dharana, by Dharana 1996: Brasil Musical - Série Música Viva - Pau Brasil E Hermeto Pascoal|Brasil...
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    (ethical training) Liberation method 2: Cultivate concentrated states Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (meditation) Samadhi and the Four Dhyanas (meditations)...
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    Urban Company secured $50 million funding from Dharana Capital involving a secondary transaction, where Dharana Capital bought shares from employees and other...
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    briefly presents 112 Tantric meditation methods or centering techniques (Dharana). The text is a chapter from the Rudrayamala Tantra, a Bhairava Agama....
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    (pratyahara) and the other (auxiliaries of yoga, i.e. dhyana, pranayama, dharana, anusmrti and samadhi), then, having forcefully (hathena) made the breath...
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  • India has published several books on meditation that discuss trataka. Dharana Darshan by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati has an entire chapter devoted...
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    of Patanjali's scheme are yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, and samadhi. It was Jois's belief that asana, the third limb,...
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  • with the sixth "limb" of aṣṭāṅga yoga, rāja yoga which is concentration (dhāraṇā). For further discussion, see the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali. Religion portal...
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    process of yogic conquest of the realities (tattvas) as a series of Dhāraṇās. Dhāraṇās ("introspections") are "complex sequences of meditative practices"...
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     176–184. "Tapta Mudra Dharana". Uttaradi Math. Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-06-09. "Tapta mudra dharana". 25 September 2016...
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