삼매

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Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 三昧, from Sanskrit समाधि (samādhi).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sammae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sammae
McCune–Reischauer?sammae
Yale Romanization?sammay

Noun

삼매 (sammae) (hanja 三昧)

  1. (Buddhism) samadhi (concentrated meditative consciousness)

Derived terms

  • 삼매경 (三昧境, sammaegyeong, “a state of total concentration, forgetting everything else”)