삼매

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”)