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	== Samadhi in [[Ayurveda\|Ayurveda]] ==		== Samadhi in [[Ayurveda\|Ayurveda]] ==
	<p style='text-align:justify;'>Samadhi is one of the treatments for psychiatric diseases (manasika roga). It is indicated to preserve and protect mental [[Health\|health]] and prevent diseases. [Cha. Sa. Sutra Sthana 1/58]		<p style='text-align:justify;'>Samadhi is one of the treatments for psychiatric [[Vyadhi\|diseases]] (manasika roga). It is indicated to preserve and protect mental [[Health\|health]] and prevent [[Vyadhi\|diseases]]. [Cha. Sa. [[Sutra Sthana\|Sutra Sthana]] 1/58]

	One can attain a samadhi state by controlling the indriyas (especially [[Manas\|mind]]) from indulging in their objects (vishaya) and restraining the chitta from various inclinations (vritti). [Chakrapani on Cha. Sa. Sutra Sthana 1/58] </p>		One can attain a samadhi state by controlling the indriyas (especially [[Manas\|mind]]) from indulging in their objects (vishaya) and restraining the chitta from various inclinations (vritti). [Chakrapani on Cha. Sa. [[Sutra Sthana\|Sutra Sthana]] 1/58] </p>

	=== Ashtanga Yoga<ref name="ref11">Patanjala yogadarshana of Maharishi Patanjali, edited with yogasiddhi hindi commentary by prof. Suresh Chandra Shrivastava, chaukhambha publishing house, 2020, ch. 2, sutra 29.</ref> ===		=== Ashtanga Yoga<ref name="ref11">Patanjala yogadarshana of Maharishi Patanjali, edited with yogasiddhi hindi commentary by prof. Suresh Chandra Shrivastava, chaukhambha publishing house, 2020, ch. 2, sutra 29.</ref> ===
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	<li style="font-weight:bold">Sampragyata samadhi <span style="font-weight:normal"><br/>Sampragyata is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘known accurately’. So, Sampragyata samadhi is the stage of samadhi in which the practitioner repeatedly concentrates on the pratyaya. However, he is still conscious and knows accurately what pratyaya he focuses on. Four progressive stages of this samadhi are: </span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Sampragyata samadhi <span style="font-weight:normal"><br/>Sampragyata is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘known accurately’. So, Sampragyata samadhi is the stage of samadhi in which the practitioner repeatedly concentrates on the pratyaya. However, he is still conscious and knows accurately what pratyaya he focuses on. Four progressive stages of this samadhi are: </span></li>
	<ul>		<ul>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Vitarka/ savitarka samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">When the meditator goes in deep [[Dhyana\|meditation]], concentrating on one object and yet aware of that. The presence of vitarka means the thoughts, counterthoughts, and fluctuations are present. Our [[Buddhi\|intellect]] sees grosser visible forms of prakriti like panchamahabhuta, ekadasha indriyas.</span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Vitarka/ savitarka samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">When the meditator goes in deep [[Dhyana\|meditation]], concentrating on one object and yet aware of that. The presence of vitarka means the thoughts, counterthoughts, and fluctuations are present. Our [[Buddhi\|intellect]] sees grosser visible forms of [[Prakriti\|prakriti]] like [[Pancha mahabhuta\|panchamahabhuta]], ekadasha indriyas.</span></li>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Vichara/ savichara samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">When the object of [[Dhyana\|meditation]] is more subtle forms of prakriti like tanmatras (Shabda, sparsha, roopa, rasa, Gandha), that stage is savichara samadhi.</span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Vichara/ savichara samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">When the object of [[Dhyana\|meditation]] is more subtle forms of [[Prakriti\|prakriti]] like [[Tanmatra\|tanmatras]] ([[Shabda\|Shabda]], [[Sparsha\|sparsha]], roopa, [[Rasa\|rasa]], [[Gandha\|Gandha]]), that stage is savichara samadhi.</span></li>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Ananda: <span style="font-weight:normal">At this stage of samadhi, all the mediation objects, either gross or fine, are given up. The only object left is the [[Manas\|mind]] itself, which is the awareness of the existence of “I am”. It is the state of bliss hence the name Ananda.</span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Ananda: <span style="font-weight:normal">At this stage of samadhi, all the mediation objects, either gross or fine, are given up. The only object left is the [[Manas\|mind]] itself, which is the awareness of the existence of “I am”. It is the state of bliss hence the name Ananda.</span></li>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Asmita: <span style="font-weight:normal">Asmita is a Sanskrit word that means egoism. At this stage of samadhi, the awareness of the object and consciousness become one, but there is still the seed of ego. It is the sattwika state of consciousness. </span></li></ul>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Asmita: <span style="font-weight:normal">Asmita is a Sanskrit word that means egoism. At this stage of samadhi, the awareness of the object and consciousness become one, but there is still the seed of ego. It is the sattwika state of consciousness. </span></li></ul>

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 == Types and stages of samadhi ==
 <p style='text-align:justify;'>Maharishi Patanjali described the types of samadhi in the form of stages. Every kind of samadhi is the precursor of the next samadhi. <br/>Broadly samadhi can be divided into two types: </p>
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 <li style="font-weight:bold">Sabeeja Samadhi/ Savikalpa Samadhi/ Salambana Samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Sa (with) + Beeja (seed- object of meditation). <br/>So, sabeeja samadhi is the stage of samadhi that is attained by focusing or concentrating on any object called Pratyaya by Maharishi Patanjali. <br/>There are two subtypes of sabeeja samadhi: </span></li>
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 Samadhi is of 6 types, according to the path one can follow to reach the state of samadhi.
-<ol><li style="font-weight:bold">Dhyanayoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Meditating while performing shambhavi mudra will give bliss and help in reaching the samadhi state.</span></li>
+<ol style='text-align:justify;'><li style="font-weight:bold">Dhyanayoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Meditating while performing shambhavi mudra will give bliss and help in reaching the samadhi state.</span></li>
 <li style="font-weight:bold">Nadayoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Nadayoga samadhi is practiced by doing the bhramari pranayama and focusing on the humming sound of the breath.</span></li>
 <li style="font-weight:bold">Rasananda samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">While performing khechari mudra, the practitioner gets to taste Bhahmarandhra.</span></li>
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 <li style="font-weight:bold">Rajayoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Rajayoga samadhi is one in which one feels connected to Paramatma, and inner conflicts vanish away. </span></li></ol>
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	[[File:Stages to achieve Samadhi.jpg\|center\|Fig. 2 Stages to achieve Samadhi]]<center>Fig. 2 Stages to achieve Samadhi</center></ol>		[[File:Stages to achieve Samadhi.jpg\|center\|Fig. 2 Stages to achieve Samadhi]]<center>Fig. 2 Stages to achieve Samadhi</center></ol>

	=== According to Gherand Samhita : ===		=== According to Gherand Samhita<ref name="ref16">Gherand Samhita, commentary on Maharishi Gherand’s Yoga teachings by Swami niranjanand Saraswati, 3rd edition, Bihar yoga Bharati 2011</ref> : ===
			[[File:Samadhi types.jpg\|right\|Samadhi types]]
	Samadhi is of 6 types, according to the path one can follow to reach the state of samadhi.		Samadhi is of 6 types, according to the path one can follow to reach the state of samadhi.
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	<ol><li style="font-weight:bold">Dhyanayoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Meditating while performing shambhavi mudra will give bliss and help in reaching the samadhi state.</span></li>		<ol><li style="font-weight:bold">Dhyanayoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Meditating while performing shambhavi mudra will give bliss and help in reaching the samadhi state.</span></li>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Nadayoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Nadayoga samadhi is practiced by doing the bhramari pranayama and focusing on the humming sound of the breath.</span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Nadayoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Nadayoga samadhi is practiced by doing the bhramari pranayama and focusing on the humming sound of the breath.</span></li>

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	=== According to Gherand Samhita : ===		=== According to Gherand Samhita : ===
	Samadhi is of 6 types, according to the path one can follow to reach the state of samadhi.		Samadhi is of 6 types, according to the path one can follow to reach the state of samadhi.
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	<ol><li style="font-weight:bold">Dhyanayoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Meditating while performing shambhavi mudra will give bliss and help in reaching the samadhi state.</span></li>		<ol><li style="font-weight:bold">Dhyanayoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Meditating while performing shambhavi mudra will give bliss and help in reaching the samadhi state.</span></li>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Nadayoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Nadayoga samadhi is practiced by doing the bhramari pranayama and focusing on the humming sound of the breath.</span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Nadayoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Nadayoga samadhi is practiced by doing the bhramari pranayama and focusing on the humming sound of the breath.</span></li>
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	<li style="font-weight:bold">Bhaktiyoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Meditating and remembering one’s Ishta deva or any supreme energy you have faith in. It will give cause the meditator to cry while feeling bliss. </span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Bhaktiyoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Meditating and remembering one’s Ishta deva or any supreme energy you have faith in. It will give cause the meditator to cry while feeling bliss. </span></li>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Rajayoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Rajayoga samadhi is one in which one feels connected to Paramatma, and inner conflicts vanish away. </span></li></ol>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Rajayoga samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Rajayoga samadhi is one in which one feels connected to Paramatma, and inner conflicts vanish away. </span></li></ol>
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	'''Naradiya Purana<ref name="ref9">Yoga perceived and practiced by sages of India, author J.c. Singhal,first edition, Abhishek prakashan, 2009, Chapter23- Samadhi, page no. 448, Naradiya Purana 33/ 43.</ref> :''' In this state, the spiritual practitioner (yogi)’s senses cease all of their activities, and he experiences extreme bliss like that of deep and dreamless [[Nidra\|sleep]]. When the yogi becomes motionless, like the flame of a lamp in the absence of wind that state is called samadhi in Naradiya Purana.		'''Naradiya Purana<ref name="ref9">Yoga perceived and practiced by sages of India, author J.c. Singhal,first edition, Abhishek prakashan, 2009, Chapter23- Samadhi, page no. 448, Naradiya Purana 33/ 43.</ref> :''' In this state, the spiritual practitioner (yogi)’s senses cease all of their activities, and he experiences extreme bliss like that of deep and dreamless [[Nidra\|sleep]]. When the yogi becomes motionless, like the flame of a lamp in the absence of wind that state is called samadhi in Naradiya Purana.

	'''Agni Purana<ref name="ref10">Yoga perceived and practiced by sages of India, author J.c. Singhal,first edition, Abhishek prakashan, 2009, Chapter 23- Samadhi, page no. 448, Agni Purana 372.</ref> :''' When the yogi becomes still like curd (Milk has a property to flow, means it has some motion, but when it is converted to curd, then the flow property changes and it becomes stable) and where [[Dhyana\|dhyana]] gets reduced to pure consciousness (when the object of [[Dhyana\|dhyana]] also disappears), that is samadhi.		'''Agni Purana<ref name="ref10">Yoga perceived and practiced by sages of India, author J.c. Singhal,first edition, Abhishek prakashan, 2009, Chapter 23- Samadhi, page no. 448, Agni Purana 372.</ref> :''' When the yogi becomes still like curd (Milk has a property to flow, means it has some motion, but when it is converted to curd, then the flow property changes and it becomes stable) and where [[Dhyana\|dhyana]] gets reduced to pure [[Chetana\|consciousness]] (when the object of [[Dhyana\|dhyana]] also disappears), that is samadhi.

	== Samadhi in [[Ayurveda\|Ayurveda]] ==		== Samadhi in [[Ayurveda\|Ayurveda]] ==
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	<p style='text-align:justify;'>Maharishi Patanjali described the types of samadhi in the form of stages. Every kind of samadhi is the precursor of the next samadhi. <br/>Broadly samadhi can be divided into two types: </p>		<p style='text-align:justify;'>Maharishi Patanjali described the types of samadhi in the form of stages. Every kind of samadhi is the precursor of the next samadhi. <br/>Broadly samadhi can be divided into two types: </p>
	<ol style='text-align:justify;'>		<ol style='text-align:justify;'>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Sabeeja Samadhi/ Savikalpa Samadhi/ Salambana Samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Sa (with) + Beeja (seed- object of [[Dhyana\|meditation]]). <br/>So, sabeeja samadhi is the stage of samadhi that is attained by focusing or concentrating on any object called Pratyaya by Maharishi Patanjali. <br/>There are two subtypes of sabeeja samadhi: </span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Sabeeja Samadhi/ Savikalpa Samadhi/ Salambana Samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Sa (with) + Beeja (seed- object of [[Dhyana\|meditation]]). <br/>So, sabeeja samadhi is the stage of samadhi that is attained by focusing or concentrating on any object called [[Nidana\|Pratyaya]] by Maharishi Patanjali. <br/>There are two subtypes of sabeeja samadhi: </span></li>
	<ol type="a">		<ol type="a">
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Sampragyata samadhi <span style="font-weight:normal"><br/>Sampragyata is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘known accurately’. So, Sampragyata samadhi is the stage of samadhi in which the practitioner repeatedly concentrates on the pratyaya. However, he is still conscious and knows accurately what pratyaya he focuses on. Four progressive stages of this samadhi are: </span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Sampragyata samadhi <span style="font-weight:normal"><br/>Sampragyata is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘known accurately’. So, Sampragyata samadhi is the stage of samadhi in which the practitioner repeatedly concentrates on the [[Nidana\|pratyaya]]. However, he is still conscious and knows accurately what [[Nidana\|pratyaya]] he focuses on. Four progressive stages of this samadhi are: </span></li>
	<ul>		<ul>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Vitarka/ savitarka samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">When the meditator goes in deep [[Dhyana\|meditation]], concentrating on one object and yet aware of that. The presence of vitarka means the thoughts, counterthoughts, and fluctuations are present. Our [[Buddhi\|intellect]] sees grosser visible forms of [[Prakriti\|prakriti]] like [[Pancha mahabhuta\|panchamahabhuta]], ekadasha indriyas.</span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Vitarka/ savitarka samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">When the meditator goes in deep [[Dhyana\|meditation]], concentrating on one object and yet aware of that. The presence of vitarka means the thoughts, counterthoughts, and fluctuations are present. Our [[Buddhi\|intellect]] sees grosser visible forms of [[Prakriti\|prakriti]] like [[Pancha mahabhuta\|panchamahabhuta]], ekadasha indriyas.</span></li>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Vichara/ savichara samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">When the object of [[Dhyana\|meditation]] is more subtle forms of [[Prakriti\|prakriti]] like [[Tanmatra\|tanmatras]] ([[Shabda\|Shabda]], [[Sparsha\|sparsha]], roopa, [[Rasa\|rasa]], [[Gandha\|Gandha]]), that stage is savichara samadhi.</span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Vichara/ savichara samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">When the object of [[Dhyana\|meditation]] is more subtle forms of [[Prakriti\|prakriti]] like [[Tanmatra\|tanmatras]] ([[Shabda\|Shabda]], [[Sparsha\|sparsha]], roopa, [[Rasa\|rasa]], [[Gandha\|Gandha]]), that stage is savichara samadhi.</span></li>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Ananda: <span style="font-weight:normal">At this stage of samadhi, all the mediation objects, either gross or fine, are given up. The only object left is the [[Manas\|mind]] itself, which is the awareness of the existence of “I am”. It is the state of bliss hence the name Ananda.</span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Ananda: <span style="font-weight:normal">At this stage of samadhi, all the mediation objects, either gross or fine, are given up. The only object left is the [[Manas\|mind]] itself, which is the awareness of the existence of “I am”. It is the state of bliss hence the name Ananda.</span></li>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Asmita: <span style="font-weight:normal">Asmita is a Sanskrit word that means egoism. At this stage of samadhi, the awareness of the object and consciousness become one, but there is still the seed of ego. It is the sattwika state of consciousness. </span></li></ul>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Asmita: <span style="font-weight:normal">Asmita is a Sanskrit word that means egoism. At this stage of samadhi, the awareness of the object and [[Chetana\|consciousness]] become one, but there is still the seed of ego. It is the sattwika state of [[Chetana\|consciousness]]. </span></li></ul>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Asampragyata samadhi/ Virama pratyaya <span style="font-weight:normal"><br/>Asampragyta means ‘not known’. So, in this stage of samadhi, the practitioner is unaware of the object or pratyaya he focuses on. In this stage, the meditator is not available to the outside world. These are the transition stages between the sampragyata samadhi. </span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Asampragyata samadhi/ Virama [[Nidana\|pratyaya]] <span style="font-weight:normal"><br/>Asampragyta means ‘not known’. So, in this stage of samadhi, the practitioner is unaware of the object or [[Nidana\|pratyaya]] he focuses on. In this stage, the meditator is not available to the outside world. These are the transition stages between the sampragyata samadhi. </span></li>
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	<li style="font-weight:bold">Nirvitarka samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Transitional stage between savitarka and savichara samadhi. </span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Nirvitarka samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Transitional stage between savitarka and savichara samadhi. </span></li>
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	<li style="font-weight:bold">Ananda to asmita <span style="font-weight:normal"></span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Ananda to asmita <span style="font-weight:normal"></span></li>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Asmita to nirbeeja samadhi <span style="font-weight:normal"></span></li></ul></ol>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Asmita to nirbeeja samadhi <span style="font-weight:normal"></span></li></ul></ol>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Nirbeeja Samadhi/ Nirvikalpa Samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Nir (without)+ Beeja (seed object of [[Dhyana\|meditation]]). <br/>So, Nirbeeja samadhi is the stage at which the object of focus or pratyaya vanishes.</span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Nirbeeja Samadhi/ Nirvikalpa Samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">Nir (without)+ Beeja (seed object of [[Dhyana\|meditation]]). <br/>So, Nirbeeja samadhi is the stage at which the object of focus or [[Nidana\|pratyaya]] vanishes.</span></li>
	[[File:Types of Samadhi.jpg\|center\|Fig.1 Types of Samadhi]]<center>Fig.1 Types of Samadhi</center>		[[File:Types of Samadhi.jpg\|center\|Fig.1 Types of Samadhi]]<center>Fig.1 Types of Samadhi</center>
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	== Etymology ==		== Etymology ==
	<p style='text-align:justify;'>The word samadhi can be spilt into three parts- Sama (together) + Aa (towards) + Dha (to hold). <br/>Thus, the word samadhi means to hold or to get towards togetherness. It can also be broken down as sama (equal/ equilibrium) + dhi (intellect/ to perceive), a state in which our [[Manas\|mind]] or intellect is in balance. The meaning of samadhi from all the definitions lead to the fact that samadhi is a state of [[Dhyana\|meditation]] when the meditator and the object of [[Dhyana\|meditation]] becomes the one. </p>		<p style='text-align:justify;'>The word samadhi can be spilt into three parts- Sama (together) + Aa (towards) + Dha (to hold). <br/>Thus, the word samadhi means to hold or to get towards togetherness. It can also be broken down as sama (equal/ equilibrium) + dhi ([[Buddhi\|intellect]]/ to perceive), a state in which our [[Manas\|mind]] or [[Buddhi\|intellect]] is in balance. The meaning of samadhi from all the definitions lead to the fact that samadhi is a state of [[Dhyana\|meditation]] when the meditator and the object of [[Dhyana\|meditation]] becomes the one. </p>

	== Synonyms of samadhi<ref name="ref2">Hatha yoga pradika, commentary by Swami Muktibodhananda under the guidance of Swami Satyananda saraswati, first digital edition, Yoga publications Trust, 2016</ref> ==		== Synonyms of samadhi<ref name="ref2">Hatha yoga pradika, commentary by Swami Muktibodhananda under the guidance of Swami Satyananda saraswati, first digital edition, Yoga publications Trust, 2016</ref> ==
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	'''Tejobindu Upnishada<ref name="ref7">Yoga perceived and practiced by sages of India, author J.c. Singhal,first edition, Abhishek prakashan, 2009, Chapter 23- Samadhi, page no. 448, Tejobindu Upanishad I- 37.</ref> :''' That “I am myself Brahma” is Savikalpa samadhi, when one forgets even that state is called Nirvikalpa samadhi.		'''Tejobindu Upnishada<ref name="ref7">Yoga perceived and practiced by sages of India, author J.c. Singhal,first edition, Abhishek prakashan, 2009, Chapter 23- Samadhi, page no. 448, Tejobindu Upanishad I- 37.</ref> :''' That “I am myself Brahma” is Savikalpa samadhi, when one forgets even that state is called Nirvikalpa samadhi.
	=== In Puranas: ===		=== In Puranas: ===
	'''Shiva Purana<ref name="ref8">Yoga perceived and practiced by sages of India, author J.c. Singhal,first edition, Abhishek prakashan, 2009, Chapter 23- Samdhi, Page no. 448, Shiva purana 36/ 61-62.</ref> : ''' In the samadhi state, the intellect gets flooded with light. In this state, only abstract content remains, and the material substance vanishes. Here also, one becomes still like curd.		'''Shiva Purana<ref name="ref8">Yoga perceived and practiced by sages of India, author J.c. Singhal,first edition, Abhishek prakashan, 2009, Chapter 23- Samdhi, Page no. 448, Shiva purana 36/ 61-62.</ref> : ''' In the samadhi state, the [[Buddhi\|intellect]] gets flooded with light. In this state, only abstract content remains, and the material substance vanishes. Here also, one becomes still like curd.

	'''Naradiya Purana<ref name="ref9">Yoga perceived and practiced by sages of India, author J.c. Singhal,first edition, Abhishek prakashan, 2009, Chapter23- Samadhi, page no. 448, Naradiya Purana 33/ 43.</ref> :''' In this state, the spiritual practitioner (yogi)’s senses cease all of their activities, and he experiences extreme bliss like that of deep and dreamless sleep. When the yogi becomes motionless, like the flame of a lamp in the absence of wind that state is called samadhi in Naradiya Purana.		'''Naradiya Purana<ref name="ref9">Yoga perceived and practiced by sages of India, author J.c. Singhal,first edition, Abhishek prakashan, 2009, Chapter23- Samadhi, page no. 448, Naradiya Purana 33/ 43.</ref> :''' In this state, the spiritual practitioner (yogi)’s senses cease all of their activities, and he experiences extreme bliss like that of deep and dreamless [[Nidra\|sleep]]. When the yogi becomes motionless, like the flame of a lamp in the absence of wind that state is called samadhi in Naradiya Purana.

	'''Agni Purana<ref name="ref10">Yoga perceived and practiced by sages of India, author J.c. Singhal,first edition, Abhishek prakashan, 2009, Chapter 23- Samadhi, page no. 448, Agni Purana 372.</ref> :''' When the yogi becomes still like curd (Milk has a property to flow, means it has some motion, but when it is converted to curd, then the flow property changes and it becomes stable) and where [[Dhyana\|dhyana]] gets reduced to pure consciousness (when the object of [[Dhyana\|dhyana]] also disappears), that is samadhi.		'''Agni Purana<ref name="ref10">Yoga perceived and practiced by sages of India, author J.c. Singhal,first edition, Abhishek prakashan, 2009, Chapter 23- Samadhi, page no. 448, Agni Purana 372.</ref> :''' When the yogi becomes still like curd (Milk has a property to flow, means it has some motion, but when it is converted to curd, then the flow property changes and it becomes stable) and where [[Dhyana\|dhyana]] gets reduced to pure consciousness (when the object of [[Dhyana\|dhyana]] also disappears), that is samadhi.
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	<li style="font-weight:bold">Sampragyata samadhi <span style="font-weight:normal"><br/>Sampragyata is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘known accurately’. So, Sampragyata samadhi is the stage of samadhi in which the practitioner repeatedly concentrates on the pratyaya. However, he is still conscious and knows accurately what pratyaya he focuses on. Four progressive stages of this samadhi are: </span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Sampragyata samadhi <span style="font-weight:normal"><br/>Sampragyata is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘known accurately’. So, Sampragyata samadhi is the stage of samadhi in which the practitioner repeatedly concentrates on the pratyaya. However, he is still conscious and knows accurately what pratyaya he focuses on. Four progressive stages of this samadhi are: </span></li>
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	<li style="font-weight:bold">Vitarka/ savitarka samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">When the meditator goes in deep [[Dhyana\|meditation]], concentrating on one object and yet aware of that. The presence of vitarka means the thoughts, counterthoughts, and fluctuations are present. Our intellect sees grosser visible forms of prakriti like panchamahabhuta, ekadasha indriyas.</span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Vitarka/ savitarka samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">When the meditator goes in deep [[Dhyana\|meditation]], concentrating on one object and yet aware of that. The presence of vitarka means the thoughts, counterthoughts, and fluctuations are present. Our [[Buddhi\|intellect]] sees grosser visible forms of prakriti like panchamahabhuta, ekadasha indriyas.</span></li>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Vichara/ savichara samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">When the object of [[Dhyana\|meditation]] is more subtle forms of prakriti like tanmatras (Shabda, sparsha, roopa, rasa, Gandha), that stage is savichara samadhi.</span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Vichara/ savichara samadhi: <span style="font-weight:normal">When the object of [[Dhyana\|meditation]] is more subtle forms of prakriti like tanmatras (Shabda, sparsha, roopa, rasa, Gandha), that stage is savichara samadhi.</span></li>
	<li style="font-weight:bold">Ananda: <span style="font-weight:normal">At this stage of samadhi, all the mediation objects, either gross or fine, are given up. The only object left is the [[Manas\|mind]] itself, which is the awareness of the existence of “I am”. It is the state of bliss hence the name Ananda.</span></li>		<li style="font-weight:bold">Ananda: <span style="font-weight:normal">At this stage of samadhi, all the mediation objects, either gross or fine, are given up. The only object left is the [[Manas\|mind]] itself, which is the awareness of the existence of “I am”. It is the state of bliss hence the name Ananda.</span></li>
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	== Samadhi as a treatment: ==		== Samadhi as a treatment: ==
	<p style='text-align:justify;'>Samadhi is advised as a treatment for atatvabhinivesha (perversion of intellect). [Cha. Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 10/ 63] </p>		<p style='text-align:justify;'>Samadhi is advised as a treatment for atatvabhinivesha (perversion of [[Buddhi\|intellect]]). [Cha. Sa. Chikitsa Sthana 10/ 63] </p>

	=== Application of Samadhi in daily life: ===		=== Application of Samadhi in daily life: ===