m. concentration of the thoughts, profound or abstract meditation, intense contemplation of any particular object (so as to identify the contemplator with the object meditated upon;this is the eighth and last stage of yoga- [ ];with Buddhists samādhi- is the fourth and last stage of dhyāna- or intense abstract meditation[ ];in the kāraṇḍa-vyūha- several samādhi- are enumerated) etc.
m. of a vaiśya- (according to to also "silence;a religious vow of intense devotion or self-imposed abstraction;support, upholding;continuance;perseverance in difficulties;attempting impossibilities;collecting or laying up grain in times of dearth")
समाधिः 1 Collecting, composing, concentrating (as mind). -2 Profound or abstract meditation, concentration of mind on one object, perfect absorption of thought into the one object of meditation, i. e. the Supreme Spirit, (the 8th and last stage of Yoga); व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धिः समाधौ न विधीयते Bg.2.44; आत्मेश्वराणां न हि जातु विघ्नाः समाधिभेदप्रभवो भवन्ति Ku.3.4,5; Mk.1.1; Bh.3.54. R.8.79; Śi.4.55. -3 Intentness, concentration (in general), fixing of thoughts; यथा भानुगतं तेजो मणिः शुद्धः समाधिना । आदत्ते राजशार्दूल तथा योगः प्रवर्तते ॥ Mb.12.298.12; तस्यां लग्नसमाधि (मानसम्) Gīt.3; अहःसु तस्या हृदि ये समाधयः Rām. ch.2.41. -4 Penance, religious obligation, devotion (to penance); अस्त्येतदन्यसमाधिभीरुत्वं देवानाम् Ś1; तपः- समाधि Ku.3.24; अथोपयन्तारमलं समाधीना 5.24;5.6;1.59; सर्वथा दृढसमाधिर्भव Nāg.5. -5 Bringing together, concentration,
combination, collection; union, a set; सा तस्य धर्मार्थसमाधियुक्तं निशम्य वाक्यम् Rām.4.33.5; तं वेधा विदधे नूनं महाभूतसमाधिना R.1.29. -6 Reconciliation, settling or composing differences. -7 Silence. -8 Agreement, assent, promise. -9 Requital. -1 Completion, accomplishment. -11 Perseverance in extreme difficulties. -12 Attempting impossibilities. -13 Laying up corn (in times of famine), storing grain. -14 A tomb. -15 The joint of the neck; a particular position of the neck; अंसाववष्टब्धनतौ समाधिः Ki.16.21. -16 (In Rhet.) A figure of speech thus defined by Mammaṭa; समाधिः सुकरं कार्यं कारणान्तरयोगतः K. P.1; see S. D.614. -17 One of the ten Guṇas or merits of style; अन्यधर्मस्ततो$न्यत्र लोकसीमानुरोधिना । सम्यगाधीयते यत्र स समाधिः स्मृतो यथा ॥ Kāv.1.93. -18 A religious vow or self-imposed restraint. -19 Support, upholding. -Comp -भङ्गः interruption of meditation. -भृत् a. absorbed in meditation. -योगः 1 employment of meditation. -2 the efficacy of contemplation. -विग्रहः embodiment of meditation. -स्थ a. absorbed in meditation or contemplation.
noun (masculine) a joint or a particular position of the neck (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a religious vow of intense devotion or self-imposed abstraction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sanctuary or tomb of a saint (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a whole (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
accomplishment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjustment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
aggregate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
agreement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
assent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
attempting impossibilities (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
attention (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bringing into harmony (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
collecting or laying up grain in times of dearth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
completion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
concentration of the thoughts (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
conclusion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
continuance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
intense absorption or a kind of trance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
intense application or fixing the mind on (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
intense contemplation of any particular object (so as to identify the contemplator with the object meditated upon) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
intentness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
joining or combining with (instr.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
justification of a statement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Vaiśya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the 17th Arhat of the future Utsarpiṇī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the 17th Kalpa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
perseverance in difficulties (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
profound or abstract meditation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
proof (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
putting together (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
set (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
setting to rights (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
settlement (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
support (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
union (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
upholding (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[poetry] transference: transferring the qualities of an object to other objects
[rhet.] name of various figures of speech (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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