삼매

Korean

Alternative forms
  • 삼마제(三摩提) (sammaje), 삼마지(三摩地) (sammaji)

Etymology

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

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