samadhi

noun /səˈmɑːdi/

1. A state of transcendent union supposed to be assumed by a holy man or yogi at his death.

   countable, uncountable

   She had seated herself cross-legged in the samadhi position and simply ceased to be.

2. The highest state of meditation, at which complete unity is reached.

   countable, uncountable

   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.’

3. The tomb of a holy person or saint in India.

   countable, uncountable

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry samadhi (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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