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sama

masc acc pl of sama (adj); nt acc pl of sama (adj); masc loc sg of sama (adj); nt loc sg of sama (adj); …

1. sama (adj): level; even; balanced
2. sama (adj): like; equal (to); same (as); identical (to)
3. sama (nt): similarity; equality
4. sama (masc): peace; tranquillity; serenity (of)
5. samā (fem): year
6. sameti (pr): calms down; settles; stills; makes subside; lit. causes to be calm
7. sameti (pr): meets (with); encounters; arrives (at); lit. goes together
8. sameti (pr): agrees; matches; fits; fits in (with); lit. goes together
9. …

Etymology. From Indo-European *sem- 'one, together', cognate with English same, Latin similis 'like', Sanskrit sama-. The root sense is 'coming together' or 'fitting as one', which develops from spatial 'level, even' to relational 'equal' to psychological 'calm, undisturbed' (one's mind at rest, unified). In doctrinal Pali, samadhi and samatha embody this same root as the stilling and unification of mental factors.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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