(Just killing time, waiting for the stock market to open...)
saMdhi m. putting together, junction, connection; union or
intercourse with (instr.); compact, agreement, alliance, peace
between (gen.), with (instr. {ñsaha}); joint, commissure, suture,
fold; anything that joins or lies between, as dawn, dusk, twilight
(between day and night), wall (between two rooms), also interval,
pause, opening, hole, breach, gap; euphonic combination of words and
sentences (g.).
samAdhi m. putting together, conjunction, union, a whole;
performation, accomplishment, arrangement, reconcilement; attention,
meditation, devotion.
As we can see, the basic meaning of "saMdhi" (pronounce ~ sund-he)
and "samaadhi" is the same, 'putting together'. The difference
between these words is that "samaadhi" contains an "additional"
prefix, or in this case perhaps rather infix, namely "aa".
The difference in the pronunciation of 'm' in these words is
due to, well, sandhi (sam + dhi; sam + aa + dhi)!
(Because in the word "saMdhi" 'dh' is a dental sound,
its "dentality" is anticipated, so to speak, in the pronunciation
of "sam" and this is why the 'm' in "sam" is changed, in
*pronunciation* - and in sloppy devanaagarii writing, too, I guess -
to dental nasal 'n'.)
According to Macdonell, as a verbal prefix "aa" reverses the
meaning of verbs of giving and going. Doesn't help very much,
does it? As a wild guess, perhaps the 'aa' in "samaadhi" implies,
that the putting together (yoga) happens from "inside out", or
stuff... :0
yoga m. (1. %{yuj} ; ifc. f. %{A}) the act of yoking , joining ,
attaching , harnessing , putting to (of horses) RV. MBh. ; a yoke ,
team , vehicle , conveyance S3Br. Kaus3. MBh. ; employment , use ,
application , performance RV. &c. &c. ; equipping or arraying (of an
army) MBh. ; fixing (of an arrow on the bow-string) ib. ; putting on
(of armour) L. ; a remedy , cure Sus3r. ; a means , expedient ,
device , way , manner , method MBh. Ka1v. &c. ; a supernatural
means , charm , incantation , magical art ib. ; a trick , stratagem ,
fraud , deceit Mn. Katha1s. (cf. %{yoga-nanda}) ; undertaking ,
business , work RV. AV. TS. ; acquisition , gain , profit , wealth ,
property ib. Kaus3. MBh. ; occasion , opportunity Ka1m. Ma1rkP. ; any
junction , union , combination , contact with (instr. with or without
%{saha} , or comp.). MBh. Ka1v. &c. (%{yogam} %{i} , to agree ,
consent , acquiesce in anything R.) ; mixing of various materials ,
mixture MBh. R. VarBr2S. ; partaking of , possessing (instr. or
comp.) Mn. R. Hariv. ; connection , relation (%{yogAt} , %{yogena}
and %{yoga-tas} ifc. in consequence of , on account of , by reason
of , according to , through) Ka1tyS3r. S3vetUp. Mn. &c. ; putting
together , arrangement , disposition , regular succession Ka1t2h.
[856,3] S3rS. ; fitting together , fitness , propriety , suitability
(%{yogena} and %{yoga-tas} ind. suitably , fitly , duly , in the
right manner) MBh. Ka1v. &c. ; exertion , endeavour , zeal ,
diligence , industry , care , attention (%{yoga-tas} ind.
strenuously , assiduously ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] , with all one's
powers , with overflowing zeal) Mn. MBh. &c. ; application or
concentration of the thoughts , abstract contemplation , meditation ,
(esp.) self-concentration , abstract meditation and mental
abstraction practised as a system (as taught by Patan5jali and called
the Yoga philosophy ; it is the second of the two Sa1m2khya systems ,
its chief aim being to teach the means by which the human spirit may
attain complete union with I7s3vara or the Supreme Spirit ; in the
practice of self-concentration it is closely connected with Buddhism)
Up. MBh. Ka1v. &c. (IW. 92) ; any simple act or rite conducive to
Yoga or abstract meditation Sarvad. ; Yoga personified (as the son of
Dharma and Kriya1) BhP. ; a follower of the Yoga system MBh.
S3am2k. ; (in Sa1m2khya) the union of soul with matter (one of the 10
Mu1lika7rtha1s or radical facts) Tattvas. ; (with Pa1s3upatas) the
union of the individual soul with the universal soul Kula7rn2. ;
(with Pa1n5cara1tras) devotion , pious seeking after God Sarvad. ;
(with Jainas) contact or mixing with the outer world ib. ; (in
astron.) conjunction , lucky conjuncture La1t2y. VarBr2S. MBh. &c. ;
a constellation , asterism (these , with the moon , are called %
{cAndra-yogAH} and are 13 in number ; without the moon they are
called %{kha-yogAH} , or %{nAbhasa-yogAH}) VarBr2S. ; the leading or
principal star of a lunar asterism W. ; N. of a variable division of
time (during which the joint motion in longitude of the sun and moon
amounts to 13 degrees 20 minutes ; there are 27 such Yogas beginning
with Vishkambha and ending with Vaidhr2iti) ib. ; (in arithm.)
addition , sum , total Su1ryas. MBh. ; (in gram.) the connection of
words together , syntactical dependence of a word , construction Nir.
Sus3r. (ifc. = dependent on , ruled by Pa1n2. 2-2 , 8 Va1rtt. 1) ; a
combined or concentrated grammatical rule or aphorism Pa1n2. Sch.
Siddh. (cf. %{yoga-vibhAga}) ; the connection of a word with its
root , original or etymological meaning (as opp. to %{rUDhi} q.v.)
Nir. Prata1p. Ka1tyS3r. Sch. ; a violator of confidence , spy L. ; N.
of a Sch. on the Parama7rthasa1ra ; (%{A}) f. N. of a S3akti
Pan5car. ; of Pi1vari1 (daughter of the Pitr2is called Barhishads)
Hariv.
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