Word

Dharana

Sanskrit

धारणा

IAST

dhāraṇā

In General

Dharana is the sixth of the eight limbed Astanga Yoga. The yoga expounded by Pantanjali in the Yoga Sutras is having eight limbs: yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, dharana, dhyana, pratyahara, Samadhi

By the process of prathyahara a yogi remove the unwanted thought and in Dharana it goes to the positive side and fixes the priorities. In Dharana, the mind is concentrated upon a single thing or point for further step.