Sādhanā
''Sādhanā'' (; ; ) is an ego-transcending spiritual practice. It includes a variety of disciplines in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions that are followed in order to achieve various spiritual or ritual objectives.
Sadhana is done for a ...
is a Sanskrit term for "a means to accomplish something" used in Hindu and Buddhist traditions.
Sadhana may also refer to:
People
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Sadhana Shivdasani
Sadhana Shivdasani (2 September 1941 – 25 December 2015), known mononymously as Sadhana, was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films, primarily active between 1958-1981. Regarded as one of the finest and iconic actresses of the golden ag ...
, an Indian Bollywood actress (known mononymously as Sadhana)
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Sadhana (Malayalam actress), an Indian actress in Malayalam films during the 1960s and 1970s
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Sadhana Sargam, an Indian playback singer
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Bhagat Sadhana, North Indian Muslim poet, saint, mystic and one of the devotees whose hymn is present in Guru Granth Sahib
Media and literature
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''Sadhna'' (film), a 1958 Hindi film directed by B. R. Chopra, starring Vyjayanthimala and Sunil Dutt
* ''Sadhana'', a magazine edited between 1891 and 1895 by Bengali writer
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...
* ''Sadhana: The Realization of Life'', a collection of essays published in 1913 by Bengali writer
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...
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''Sadhana'' (weekly), a weekly Marathi-language publication established in 1948
Other usages
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Sadhana, practice of classical music
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''Sādhanā'' (journal), a peer-reviewed journal of engineering and applied science published by the Indian Academy of Sciences
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