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samādhisampadānisaṁsaṁ
samādhisampadānisaṁsa
accusative singular of samādhisampadānisaṁsa (masculine noun); appears in text as contracted form with -ṁ ending
- the fruit or benefit of attaining concentration
- the reward of meditative absorption
Built from
- sam — prefix · together
Things brought into one; from Indo-European *sem-, cognate with English 'same', Greek homo-, Latin similis.
- ā — prefix · toward
Reverses motion verbs, bringing things to the speaker; no common European cognate.
- dhā — root · place, put
The root √dhā 'place' underlies samādhi; Sanskrit dhāyate, with deep Indo-European roots.
- sam — prefix · together
Same prefix as in samādhi, emphasizing completeness and integration.
- pad — root · go, arrive
√pad 'go, fall'; sampadā means complete arrival or attainment.
- ā — ending · feminine agent/action
Forms abstract feminine nouns from verb roots, here denoting the action or state of attaining.
- nis — prefix · out, away
From *nis 'out of, away from'; creates negation or separation.
- aṁs — root · shoulder, burden
√aṁsa; nisaṁsa originally 'without burden', evolved to mean 'that which is owing or due', hence 'fruit, benefit, reward'.
- ṁ — ending · accusative singular
Masculine accusative singular ending, marking the direct object in the sentence.
Analysis. samādhi-sampadā-nisaṁsa: samādhi (concentration, collectedness) + sampadā (attainment, acquisition) + nisaṁsa (fruit, benefit, reward). The compound denotes the benefit that results from achieving concentration; a complex nominal formation common in canonical descriptions of meditative attainments.
Etymology. Compound of samādhi (from saṁ + ā + √dhā, 'placing together', collectedness) + sampadā (from sam + padā, 'complete arrival') + nisaṁsa (from nis + aṁsa, literally 'without shoulder/burden', hence 'without weight or consequence' becomes 'that which is owing, benefit'). The final -ṁ is the accusative singular masculine ending.