एकाग्रता
ekāgratā
The Sanskrit word for concentration is एकाग्रता (ekāgratā).
एकाग्रता refers to the direction of attention toward a specific object.
Meaning: direction of attention to a specific object (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The word is composed of the prefix eka (one) and agra (point, tip or foremost), literally meaning 'the state of being directed toward a single point.'
How do you pronounce it?
ekāgratā
Did you know?
- The practice of trāṭaka is a physical method used to achieve एकाग्रता by staring at a fixed object, such as a candle flame, without blinking.
- In Indian philosophy, एकाग्रता is the essential bridge to samādhi, a state of consciousness where the distinction between the person concentrating and the object of focus disappears.
- Because the word contains agra (foremost/point), it shares a linguistic lineage with the word for 'leader' or 'first', suggesting that a concentrated mind is one that is at the forefront of its own faculties.
Examples in context
- अभ्यासस्य कृते एकाग्रता आवश्यकी अस्ति।abhyāsasya kṛte ekāgratā āvaśyakī asti.Concentration is necessary for practice.
- तस्य एकाग्रता अतीव अधिका अस्ति।tasya ekāgratā atīva adhikā asti.His concentration is very high.
- विद्यार्थी एकाग्रतायाः अभ्यासं करोति।vidyārthī ekāgratāyāḥ abhyāsaṃ karoti.The student practices concentration.
Example conversation
Ananya and Aditya are studying together in a library.
- आदित्य Adityaअनन्ये, तव एकाग्रता कुत्र अस्ति?Ananye, tava ekāgratā kutra asti?Ananya, where is your concentration?
- अनन्या Ananyaक्षम्यताम् आदित्य, अहं चिन्तयामि।kṣamyatām Āditya, ahaṃ cintayāmi.Forgive me Aditya, I am thinking.
- आदित्य Adityaपुनः एकाग्रतायाः प्रयासं कुरु।punah ekāgratāyāḥ prayāsaṃ kuru.Try for concentration again.
- अनन्या Ananyaअधुना अहं एकाग्रतापूर्वकं पठिष्यामि।adhunā ahaṃ ekāgratāpūrvakaṃ paṭhiṣyāmi.Now I will read with concentration.
