Why this word is great
SADHANA — [Noun] A dedicated spiritual practice or discipline undertaken to achieve a specific religious or philosophical goal. Etymologically, it is the transliteration of Sanskrit साधना (sādhanā), meaning 'accomplishment', 'realization', or 'means of attainment', from the root साध् (sādh, 'to accomplish, to succeed'). Unlike 'ritual,' which implies a prescribed, formalized ceremony, or 'meditation,' which denotes a specific technique of focused awareness, sadhana is the encompassing, personal architecture of a life oriented toward realization. It is the predawn chill of a bare floor beneath kneeling knees, the worn page of a text recited until its words dissolve into breath, and the patient tending of a garden offered as service—the quiet, cumulative labor by which the seeker becomes the thing sought.