The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (719 page)

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Ek
grata
(Skt., ‘one-pointedness’). Concentration on a single point in Hindu and Buddhist
yoga
, especially
r
ja
yoga, which controls the fluctuations of the mind (
cittav
tti
) generated by sense activity (
indriya
) and karmic residues (
sa
sk
ras
). Through concentration, all distractions are eliminated and the mind eventually achieves such one-pointedness that
sam
dhi
is reached.
Ekn
th
or Ekan
tha
(
c.
1535–99).
Mar
t
Hindu scholar and poet.
His most important service to the Mar
t
language is undoubtedly the editing of
Jn
ne
ver
. He obtained the manuscripts written 300 years previously and restored the famous commentary to its original form. He died at Pait
a
on the banks of the God
var
River, where a temple is dedicated to him.

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