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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