Sdhan (Sanskrit: ; Standard Tibetan: , druptap, Wyl. sgrub thabs), literally "a means of accomplishing something" is an ego-transcending spiritual practice. It includes a variety of disciplines in Hindu, Sikh, Buddhistand Muslim traditions that are followed in order to achieve various spiritual or ritual objectives.

The historian N. Bhattacharyya provides a working definition of the benefits of sdhan as follows:

... religious sdhan, which both prevents an excess of worldliness and molds the mind and disposition (bhva) into a form which develops the knowledge of dispassion and non-attachment. Sdhan is a means whereby bondage becomes liberation.

Iyengar in his English translation of and commentary to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali defines sdhan in relation to abhysa and kriy:

Sdhan is a discipline undertaken in the pursuit of a goal. Abhysa is repeated practice performed with observation and reflection. Kriy, or action, also implies perfect execution with study and investigati ...more