삼매

Korean

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠mmɛ] ~ [sʰa̠mme̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [삼매/삼메]
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”)
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