Samdhi-Joining

• m. putting together , joining or combining with (instr.) La1t2y.
• a joint or a partic. position of the neck Kir.
• union , a whole , aggregate , set R. Hariv. Ragh.
• completion , accomplishment , conclusion Kum.
• setting to rights , adjustment , settlement MBh.
• justification of a statement , proof Sarvad.
• bringing into harmony , agreement , assent W. RPra1t.
• intense application or fixing the mind on , intentness , attention (°dhiṃ- √kṛ , " to attend ") MBh. R. &c
• concentration of the thoughts , profound or abstract meditation , intense contemplation of any particular object (so as to identify the contemplator with the object meditated upon ; this is the eighth and last stage of yoga [ IW. 93] ; with Buddhists samādhi is the fourth and last stage of dhyāna or intense abstract meditation [ MWB. 209] ; in the kāraṇḍa-vyūha several samādhi are enumerated) Up. Buddh. MBh. &c
• intense absorption or a kind of trance MBh. Ka1v. &c
• a sanctuary or tomb of a saint W. RTL. 261
• (in rhet.) N. of various figures of speech (defined as ārohā*varohakrama , artha-dṛṣṭi , anya-dharmāṇām anyatrā*dhirohaṇa &c ), Ka1vya7d. Va1m. Kpr. &c
• N. of the 17th kalpa (q.v.) , of the 17th arhat of the future utsarpiṇī L.
• of a vaiśya Cat. (accord. to L. also " silence ; a religious vow of intense devotion or self-imposed abstraction ; support , upholding ; continuance ; perseverance in difficulties ; attempting impossibilities ; collecting or laying up grain in times of dearth ")