Yoga Ayush Portal

S.No.	Word - E	Sound	Description	Key Word
1	ekabhavika	Creating single (birth)	This word is used in the Vyāsabhāṣya when discussing how a karma becomes a vipāka. A karmāśaya which creates only a single new birth is called ekabhavika (see karmāśaya for details).	e
2	ekacittatantra	Ekacittatantra (concept)	This compound word is composed of eka meaning ‘one’ or ‘single’, citta roughly meaning mind (see citta), and tantra roughly meaning ‘doctrine’. It is used in the Yogasūtra and Vyāsabhāṣya to denote a philosophical concept. The central question addressed here is: “If an object is dependent upon one mind and it were not cognized, would it exist?” (sūtra 4.16). That is to say that if the existence of an object inherently depends on the mind of one person and that person does not cognize it, then should that ob	e
3	ekagra	Single-pointed	Single-pointed	e
4	ekagrata	Single-pointedness (of the mind) (See ekāgra)	Single-pointedness (of the mind) (See ekāgra)	e
5	ekagrataparinama	The effect of ek¡grat¡. (See ek¡gra).	The effect of ek¡grat¡. (See ek¡gra).	e
6	ekaksara	See praṇava	See praṇava	e
7	ekatanata	See dhyāna	See dhyāna	e
8	ekatattvabhyasa	Practice of meditating on a single object.	Ekatattvābhyāsa is composed of eka meaning ‘one’, tattva roughly meaning ‘principle’ and abhyāsa meaning ‘repetition’ or ‘practice’. In order to remove the antarāyas, the mind must be focused on one object repeatedly. This idea is formalized into the procedure of dhyāna.	e