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समाध samādh [S. समािधः, q.v.], s.f. Profound or abstract meditation, restraining the senses and confining the mind to contemplation (especially on the true nature of spirit, etc.); intense absorption or contemplation; silence, devotion; abstracted or absorbed state; a religious vow or self-imposed restraint; selfimmolation (of a sanyāsī) by drowning or by burying himself alive; anexercise of austerity (among jogīs) whereby they are supposed to acquire the power of suspending during pleasure the connexion between soul and body;—the tomb of a sanyāsī(who has been buried alive); a tomb over the relics of a dead body, or a little edifice, to contain the tulsīplant, which is erected over the burial place of a sanyāsī:—samādh lagānā, samādh lenā, To suspend (one's) breath for a fabulous period of time; to submit to be buried alive.
Origin: Hindi