Sadhana
- proper noun
- Sadhana workshops
Examples
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"The intent of sadhana," said Tim (that is, study), "is to establish the experience of samadi, and to do this by removing the kleshas."
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Nevertheless, most professional Baul-Fakir singers in West Bengal are labeled as Baul or Fakir, and many insist that musical practice itself is an important form of Baul-Fakir sadhana.
Academic text (2016) -
Our most recent email from Robert Moses, leader of our upcoming sadhana yatra to India, began with this:
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Sadhana Vallabh is an accomplished Gujarati home cook.
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Sociologist Sadhana Bery, whose children attended a school where the students were planning to put on a play about slavery, wrote a 2014 article for an education journal that described that situation in detail.
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Sadhana Patel recently graduated with honors from her university.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sadhana comes from Sanskrit, built on the root sadh meaning 'to achieve' or 'to succeed' and the ending -ana which turns it into a word for a 'way' or 'practice'. That's why Sadhana often suggests steady effort and accomplishment, and is used as a girl's name in India.