Etymology

samadhi

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Today it means: A state of transcendent union supposed to be assumed by a holy man or yogi at his death. Full definition →

Sanskrit समाधि
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  1. Sanskrit · derived fromसमाधि“placing together”
  2. English todaysamadhi

From Sanskrit समाधि (samādhi, “placing together”), from सम (sama, “together”) + आ (ā) prefix + धा (dhā, “to place”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.