Editing Samadhi (section)

=== Sanskrit ===
Various interpretations for the term's [[etymology]] are possible, either with the root ''sam'' ("to bring together") or ''sama'' (   "the same, equalized, the convergence of two distinct things"). According to [[Dan Lusthaus]], ''samadhi'' refers to either bringing to consciousness the ''samskaras'' ("buried latencies"), or meditative concentration on a meditation object:{{sfn|Lusthaus|2014|p=113}}
* ''sam'', "to bring together"; ''adhi'', "to place on, put, to impregnate, to give, to receive": the bringing together of cognitive conditions," "bringing the buried latencies or ''[[Samskara (Indian philosophy)|samskaras]]'' into full view," so "the obscure and hidden become clear objects of cognition," "the womb through which insight is born."{{sfn|Lusthaus|2014|p=113}}
* ''sama'', "the same, equalized, the convergence of two distinct things based on some commonality"; ''adhi'', "higher, better, most skilfully achieved": "the skillful unification of mind and object," "the mental equanimity conducive to and derived from attention perfectly focused on its object." "[S]ometimes treated as synonymous with ''[[Ekaggata|ekacitta]]'', 'one-focused mind,' i.e. mind (''citta'') completely focused on and at one (''eka'') with its object."{{sfn|Lusthaus|2014|p=113}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Karambelkar |first=P V |title=Patanjala Yoga Sutra - English |date=January 1, 2012 |publisher=Kaivalyadhama |year=2012 |isbn=978-8189485177 |language=English |trans-title=Yoga sutras}}</ref>

Etymologies for ''sam''-''ā''-''dhā'' include:
* ''sam-ā-dhā''’: "'to collect' or 'to bring together', thus suggesting the concentration or unification of the mind"; generally translated [in Buddhism] as "concentration."<ref name=Gunaratana/>
* ''sam''-''ā''-''dhā'': "to hold together, to concentrate upon."{{Sfn|Sturgess|2014a}}
* ''sam'', "completely"; ''ā'', "the return towards the subject"; ''dha'', "maintaining together: "to assemble completely"; "the tension borne between two poles of existence (object and thought) is reduced to zero."{{sfn|Siddheswarananda|1998|p=144}}
* ''sam'', "together" or "integrated"; ''ā'', "towards"; ''dhā'', "to get, to hold": to acquire integration or wholeness, or truth (''[[samapatti|samāpatti]]'');
* ''sam'', "together"; ''ā'', "toward"; stem of ''dadhati'', "puts, places": a putting or joining;

Particular Hindu/yoga interpretations include:
* ''sam'', "perfect" or "complete"; ''[[Dhi (Hindu thought)|dhi]]'', "consciousness": "all distinctions between the person who is the subjective meditator, the act of meditation and the object of meditation merge into oneness" (Stephen Sturgess);{{Sfn|Sturgess|2014|p=27}}
* ''sam'', "with"; ''ādhi'', "Lord": Union with the Lord (Stephen Sturgess);{{sfn|Sturgess|2014a}}
* ''sama'', "[[Equanimity|equanimous]]"; ''[[Dhi (Hindu thought)|dhi]]'', "[[buddhi]] or the intellect": equanimous intellect, non-discriminating intellect ([[Sadhguru]]);<ref>[[Sadhguru]] (2012), ''Of Mystics & Mistakes'', Jaico Publishing House</ref>
* ''sama'', "balance"; ''ādi'', "original": " a state that is equal to the original state, which is the state that prevailed before we came into existence"; "original balance" ([[Kamlesh D. Patel]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Patel |first1=Kamlesh D. |title=The heartfulness way : heart-based meditations for spiritual transformation |date=2018 |location=Chennai |isbn=978-9386850560 |page=33 |ref=samadhi - HFN Way}}</ref>