What is "ekaggata"

Ekaggatā (Pali; Sanskrit ekāgratā, एकाग्रता) is a Buddhist term translated as "one-pointedness" or "concentration". Ekaggatā is defined as a mental factor that has the function to focus on an object.

Ekaggatā is identified within the Buddhist teachings as:

• One of the seven universal mental factors within the Theravada abhidharma teachings.
• One of the mental factors that arises in the first of the five jhānas.
• A factor that counteracts the hindrance of sensory desire ( kāmacchanda) within the five hindrances.