The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Sam!diyati [sa'+!diyati1] to take with oneself, to take upon oneself, to undertake D i.146; imper. sam!diya
Bu ii.118=J i.20; aor. sam!diyi S i.232; J i.219; ger. sam!diyitv! S i.232; & sam!d!ya having taken up, i. e.
with D i.71; Pug 58; DA i.207; Mhvs 1, 47; having taken upon himself, conforming to D i.163; ii.74; Dh
266; Sn 792, 898, 962; sam!d!ya sikkhati sikkh!padesu, he adopts and trains himself in the precepts D i.63;
S v.187; It 118; Sn 962 (cp. Nd1 478). -- pp. sam!dinna.
Sam!disati
Sam!disati [sa'+!disati] to indicate, to command D i.211; Mhvs 38, 59.
Sam!dh!na
Sam!dh!na (nt.) [sa'+!+dh!] putting together, fixing; concentration Vism 84 (= samm! !dh!na' &hapana')
in defn of sam!dhi as "sam!dh!n' a&&hena."
Sam!dhi
Sam!dhi [fr. sa'+!+dh!] 1. concentration; a concen- trated, self -- collected, intent state of mind and
meditation, which, concomitant with right living, is a necessary condition to the attainment of higher
wisdom and emancipation. In the Subha -- suttanta of the D"gha (D i.209 sq.) sam!dhi -- khandha ("section
on concentration") is the title otherwise given to the cittasampad!, which, in the ascending order of merit
accruing from the life of a sama*a (see S!maññaphala -- suttanta, and cp. Dial. i.57 sq.) stands between the
s"la -- sampad! and the paññ! -- sampad!. In the Amba&&ha -- sutta the corresponding terms are s"la, cara*a,
vijj! (D. i.100). Thus sam!dhi would comprise (a) the guarding of the senses (indriyesu gutta -- dv!rat!),
(b) self -- possession (sati -- sampajañña), (c) contentment (santu&&hi), (d) emancipation from the 5
hindrances (n"vara*!ni), (e) the 4 jh!nas. In the same way we find sam!dhi grouped as one of the sampad!s
at A iii.12 (s"la˚, sam!dhi˚, paññ!˚, vimutti˚), and as sam!dhi -- khandha (with s"la˚ & paññ!˚) at D iii.229
(+vimutti˚); A i.125; ii.20; iii.15; v.326; Nd1 21; Nd2 p. 277 (s. v. s"la). It is defined as cittassa ekaggat! M
i.301; Dhs 15; DhsA 118; cp. Cpd. 89 n. 4; identified with avikkhepa Dhs 57, and with samatha Dhs 54. --
samm!˚ is one the constituents of the eightfold ariya -- magga, e. g. D iii.277; VbhA 120 sq. -- See further
D ii.123 (ariya); Vin i.97, 104; S i.28; Nd1 365; Miln 337; Vism 84 sq. (with definition), 289 (+vipassan!),
380 (˚vipph!r! iddhi); VbhA 91; DhA i.427; and on term in general Heiler, Buddhistische Versenkung 104
sq. -- 2. Description & characterization of sam!dhi: Its four nimittas or signs are the four satipa&&h!nas M
i.301; six conditions and six hindrances A iii.427; other hindrances M iii.158. The second jh!na is born
from sam!dhi D ii.186; it is a condition for attaining kusal! dhamm! A i.115; Miln 38; conducive to insight
A iii.19, 24 sq., 200; S iv.80; to seeing heavenly sights etc. D i.173; to removing mountains etc. A iii.311;
removes the delusions of self A i.132 sq.; leads to Arahantship A ii.45; the !nantarika s. Sn 226;
cetosam!dhi (rapture of mind) D i.13; A ii.54; iii.51; S iv.297; citta˚ id. Nett 16. dhammasam!dhi almost
identical with samatha S iv.350 sq. -- Two grades of sam!dhi distinguished, viz. upac!ra -- s. (preparatory
concentration) and appan! -- s. (attainment concentration) DA i.217; Vism 126; Cpd. 54, 56 sq.; only the
latter results in jh!na; to these a 3rd (preliminary) grade is added as kha*ika˚ (momentary) at Vism 144. --
Three kinds of s. are distinguished, suññata or empty, appa*ihita or aimless, and animitta or signless A
i.299; S iv.360; cp. iv.296; Vin iii.93; Miln 337; cp. 333 sq.; DhsA 179 sq., 222 sq., 290 sq.; see
Yog!vacara's Manual p. xxvii; sam!dhi (tayo sam!dh") is savitakka savic!ra, avitakka vic!ramatta or
avitakka avic!ra D iii.219; Kvu 570; cp. 413; Miln 337; DhsA 179 sq.; it is fourfold chanda -- , viriya -- ,
citta -- , and v"ma's! -- sam!dhi D ii.213; S v.268. -- Another fourfold division is that into h!na -- bh!giya,
&hiti˚, visesa˚, nibbedha˚ D iii.277 (as "dhamm! duppa&ivijjh!"). -- indriya the faculty of concentration A
ii.149; Dhs 15. -- khandha the section on s. see above 1. -- ja produced by concentration D i.74; iii.13;
Vism 158. -- parikkh!ra requisite to the attainment of sam!dhi: either 4 (the sammappadh!nas) M i.301; or
7: D ii.216; iii.252; A iv.40. -- bala the power of concentration A i.94; ii.252; D iii.213, 253; Dhs 28. --
bh!van! cultivation, attainment of sam!dhi M i.301; A ii.44 sq. (four different kinds mentioned); iii.25 sq.;
D iii.222; Vism 371. -- sa'vattanika conducive to concentration A ii.57; S iv.272 sq.; D iii.245; Dhs 1344. -
- sambojjhanga the s. constituent of enlightment D iii.106, 226, 252; Vism 134=VbhA 283 (with the eleven
means of cultivating it).