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Dhāraṇā

Concentration: binding the mind to a single place or object, the sixth limb of yoga.

Also: Dharana

Yoga, Sāṃkhya, Tantra and devotion

Dhāraṇā is fixing attention on one point, such as the breath, a spot in the body or an image. When the mind can rest there without straying, concentration flows into meditation. With meditation and absorption it forms the three inner limbs called saṃyama.