The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (643 page)
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Dh
ra
ra(Skt., ‘support’).
1
One-pointed concentration (
ek
grata
) in
yoga
; the fifth ‘limb’ of
Patañjali's
‘eight-limbed’ (a
ga) or
r
ja-yoga
resulting from
pr
y
ma
.
2
A term denoting a level of sonic cosmogony in
Tantrism
. For example, in
Kashmir
aivism
the Devan
gar
phonemes
ya
,
ra
,
la
, and
va
, which represent certain levels of the cosmic hierarchy, are dh
1
One-pointed concentration (
ek
grata) in
yoga
; the fifth ‘limb’ of
Patañjali's
‘eight-limbed’ (a
ga) orr
ja-yogaresulting from
pr
yma.
2
A term denoting a level of sonic cosmogony in
Tantrism
. For example, in
Kashmir
aivismthe Devan
garphonemesya
,
ra
,
la
, and
va
, which represent certain levels of the cosmic hierarchy, are dh
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