samadhi means A state of transcendent union supposed to be assumed by a holy man or yogi at his death. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
samadhi is pronounced /səˈmɑːdi/.
Why “samadhi” is a great word
SAMADHI — [Noun] A state of profound meditative concentration culminating in union with the object of meditation, also denoting the tomb or memorial of a holy person in India. From Sanskrit समाधि (samādhi, “placing together, composing the mind”), from सम (sama, “together, same”) + the prefix आ (ā) + धा (dhā, “to place, to put”). First recorded in English use in 1795. Unlike *dhyana* (which denotes the preceding stage of focused contemplation) or *trance* (which implies a passive, involuntary lapse), samadhi is the active, cultivated culmination of awareness. It is the final, silent convergence where observer, observed, and act of observation become one seamless whole; the utter stillness of a candle flame in a windless crypt; the monument that marks not an end, but a point of perfected attention so total it becomes a permanent feature in the landscape of the world—the mind’s ultimate act of placing itself, together.
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- A state of transcendent union supposed to be assumed by a holy man or yogi at his death.“She had seated herself cross-legged in the samadhi position and simply ceased to be.”
- The highest state of meditation, at which complete unity is reached.“The yogi, or disciple, who has by these means overcome the obscurations of his lower nature sufficiently, enters into the condition termed samâdhi, and ‘comes face to face with facts which no instinct or reason can ever know.’”
- The tomb of a holy person or saint in India.