This article provides the characteristics of “dhyāna” term found in Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali. Here mentions of dhyāna in the text of Patañjali are studied. The article shows that the notion of dhyāna in Yoga Sūtras has for the first time been given a philosophical underpinning in which the cognitive element of the term plays the key role. Despite a long history of study of Yoga Sūtras the...