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Definition of Samadhi

"Samadhi" is defined by Dictionary.com in one manner

Samadhi

1.  The highest stage in meditation, in which a person experiences oneness with the universe.


Samadhi ('putting together', 'union') is further detailed as an intense concentration or absorption of consciousness, in which distinction between subject and object is eliminated; it is the eighth 'limb' of 'eight-limbed' Astanga Yoga.  Samadhi is the consequence of meditation rather than the state of meditation itself.  *Encyclopedia.com

Samadhi is achieved through yoga in which the yogin's consciousness is absorbed in the object of meditation and there is no awareness of the physical or material world.  *Encyclopedia.com