The sixth step in the raja yoga system is known as dharana, concentration, and the sages spend much time explaining how the practice of concentration is an essential prerequisite to the practice of meditation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sivananda Companion To Meditation] Reference

The activity of holding the mind on to an object is called "dharana".    From Wordnik.com.  [ChennaiOnline Articles] Reference

On the authority of the Srutis the commentator adds, -- ye ete pancha akasadayodhatavo-dharana-karmanah sa eva.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference

In dharana (concentration) he was taught to visualize the Self in the ground of his being, like a lotus rising from the pond or an inner light.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buddha]

Moreover, he had to be constantly engaged in the practise of Yoga: He must be well-versed in his grasp of the Absolute or Brahma Brahma-dharana: 1.93.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference

Each dharana was supposed to last for twelve pranayamas; and after twelve dharanas the yogin had sunk so deeply into himself that he spontaneously attained a state of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buddha]

While the basic urge of ontological inquiry is a contested domain in the Western speculative tradition, in India it takes on a sacred hue as the much coveted Brahma-dharana.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference

Such as training on specific Trancendetal Meditation, asanas, pranayama is supported by the tenth element yama-niyama will go to the pratya-hara (concentration), dharana, dyana, and samadhi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yoga is Fenomenal Hindu Teachings] Reference

“In Cambridge, it's all about helpingyou — the violator — reclaim the wholeness that's your birthright with the three limbs of Patanjali's classical yoga: dharana, dhyanaandsamadhi.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pahk Your Kahma in Hahvahd Yahd] Reference

Pada pelatihan tertentu seperti Trancendetal Meditation, asanas-pranayama yang didukung oleh kesepuluh unsur yama-niyama akan menuju kepada pratya-hara (konsentrasi), dharana, dyana, dan Samadhi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yoga Ajaran Hindu Fenomenal] Reference

This is achieved through pratyahara, dharana and mantra.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

Yogic healing is achieved with asana, pranayama, dharana and mantra sadhana.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

The officials of these banks will stage dharana agitations at the houses of these reputed people.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

Ashtanga Yoga, comprising yama or restraint, niyama or self-regulation, dhyaan or meditation, pratyaahara, dharana, samadhi asana and pranayama.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

For that the process of sadhana is explained in tantra meditation, dealing with the mind - pratyahara, dharana, laya yoga, mantra, yantra and mandala.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

PRATYAHARA, dharana, DHYANA AND SAMADHI: Pratyahara means withdrawal of senses, dharana means fixation of mind on any object, dhyana means meditation or one pointedness of mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Yoga Sutra puts this as "desa bhandhaha chittasya dharana" (The mind has reached the ability to be directed to the chosen object - in spite of distractions) (3.1.) (More to come).    From Wordnik.com.  [ChennaiOnline Articles] Reference

However, most of us need to begin the healing process at a very basic level, that is, at the physical and mental levels and for this, asanas, pranayama, dharana and mantra chanting are useful.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

The path consists of eight steps: yamas (abstentions), niyamas (observances), asanas (postures), pranayama (control of breath), pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses), dharana (concentration), dhyana (meditation), and samadhi (the superconscious state).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sivananda Companion To Meditation] Reference

Pratyahara associated with capacity to transcend all material temptations representing 'cruder energy' dharana associated with focusing of the total being on the supreme reality, and samadhi associated with total sublimation of the individual or total merger of the individual consciousness with cosmic consciousness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

As far as dharana, dhyana and samadhi are concerned, they are similar to some meditational techniques such as transcendental meditation developed by Mahesh Yogi, Some studies are available on these, where electroencephalographic and electromyography techniques are utilized alongwith other methodologies; involving autoanalyzer, spectrophotometry etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

The association has decided to organize a massive dharana in front of the Parliament in New Delhi on December 8 in protest against the RBI's policy ", he said.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

8O0. 538.6704 barebacked dharana.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tasty Spam No. 12 | FactoryCity] Reference

dharana 26, 148.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sivananda Companion To Meditation] Reference

The word "dharana" comes from the root "dharu" which means "to hold".    From Wordnik.com.  [ChennaiOnline Articles] Reference

Mahanja, Sarvabhuta-prabhava, Sarvabhuta-dharana, Dharanidhara, Isana.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18] Reference

These are yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

These are yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana & samadhi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference