삼매

Korean

Alternative forms

• 삼마제(三摩提), 삼마지(三摩地)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
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”)