# एकाग्रता (ekāgratā)

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एकाग्रता (ekāgratā) is a Sanskrit word meaning intentness in the pursuit of one object, close and undisturbed attention, close attention.

- **SLP1:** `ekAgratA`  **IAST:** ekāgratā  **Devanagari:** एकाग्रता
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekagrata
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/ekagrata/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Focused Mental Concentration / One-pointed Attention (4 definitions)
- intentness in the pursuit of one object  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H4) [Printed book page 230,1] एका (ekā) ग्र (gra) — ता (—tā) f. intentness in the pursuit of one object, close and undisturbed attention [ ID=39752 ]
- Close and undisturbed attention  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > एकाग्रता (ekāgratā) [Printed book page 172 ] एकाग्रता (ekāgratā) f. ( - ता (-tā) ) Close and undisturbed attention. E. तल् (tal) added to the preceding; also with त्व, एकाग्रत्वं (tva, ekāgratvaṃ). [ ID=8181 ]
- Close attention  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > एकाग्रता (ekāgratā) [Printed book page 142-a ] एका _ ग्रता (ekā_gratā) ( ता ) ((tā)) 1. f. Close attention. [ ID=7601 ]
- Close and undisturbed attention  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > एकाग्रता (ekāgratā) [Printed book page 141-a ] एकाग्रता (ekāgratā) f. ( - ता (-tā) ) Close and undisturbed attention. E. तल् (tal) added to the preceding; also with त्व, एकाग्रत्वं (tva, ekāgratvaṃ). [ ID=8177 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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