The Purana Index v2.c7.s3.259

v2.c7.s3.259

Dhāraṇā—a form of Yoga in which the mind is controlled, dhyāna, seeing in himself, the characteristic of Siddhi, the time and place for doing it, not near fire, forest, river-bed, burial place, Caitya, the performer should not be hungry, careworn or be anxious, else the doer becomes mad, deaf and dumb or blind, hence pure Dhāraṇā is required, one engaged in this Yoga could take curds and Yava paste, enables Vāyu to go up and stand in its place, other branches of, thinking of the upper worlds, mountains and oceans in his heart, eating mud from dried beans, 1000 pots of water for bath,¹ the dharma of the Yoga destroys sins;² 800 times in the head,³ Dhāraṇa Agniyi a special form of samādhi practised by Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa⁴