Here is an interesting word, pointing to an oft-neglected aspect of meditation – that all processes are in the here and now, including that of collecting your memories. Gathering yourself.
The instinct to gather.
as marshaling your forces, arranging your army.
(H2) | saṃ-graha [p= 1129,2] [L=228623]
m. |
holding together , seizing , grasping , taking , reception , obtainment MBh. Ka1v. &c
[L=228624] |
taking (in the sense of eating or drinking food , medicine |
&c ) Ragh. Bhartr2.
[L=228625] |
the fetching back of discharged weapons by magical means |
MBh. Hariv.
[L=228626] |
bringing together , assembling (of men) |
R. Ragh. Sin6ha7s.
[L=228627] |
collecting , gathering , conglomeration , accumulation (as of stores) |
Mn. MBh. &c
[L=228628] |
(in |
phil.) agglomeration (= saṃyoga q.v.) MW.
[L=228629] |
a place where anything is kept , a store-room , receptacle |
BhP.
[L=228630] |
complete enumeration or collection , sum , amount , totality ( |
eṇa , " completely " , " entirely ") Ya1jn5. MBh. &c
[L=228631] |
drawing together , making narrower , narrowing , tightening , making thin or slender , the thin part of anything |
Car. Va1gbh. Ka1tyS3r. Sch.
[L=228632] |
a compendium , summary , catalogue , list , epitome , abridgment , short statement ( |
eṇa or āt , " shortly " , " summarily " , " in few words ") Kat2hUp. MBh. &c
[L=228633] |
inclusion , comprehension |
Kusum. Kull.
[L=228634] |
check , restraint , control |
ib. Vet.
[L=228635] |
keeping , guarding , protection |
Mn. MBh. &c
[L=228636] |
a guardian , ruler , manager , arranger |
R. BhP.
[L=228637] |
obstruction , constipation ( |
» -grahanī)
[L=228638] |
attracting , winning , favouring , kind treatment , propitiation , entertaining , entertainment |
Mn. MBh. &c
[L=228639] |
taking to wife , marriage ( |
» dāra-s°)
[L=228640] |
perception , notion |
Kap. BhP.
[L=228641] |
mention , mentioning |
L.
[L=228642] |
elevation , loftiness |
L.
[L=228643] |
velocity |
L.
[L=228644] |
N. |
of śiva MBh.
[L=228645] |
N. |
of various works (esp. of a gram. wk. in 100 ,000 ślokas by vyāḍi ; also often in comp.)
(H2) | sam-ādhi [p= 1159,3] [L=234154]
m. |
putting together , joining or combining with (instr.) La1t2y.
[L=234155] |
a joint or a |
partic. position of the neck Kir.
[L=234156] |
union , a whole , aggregate , set |
R. Hariv. Ragh.
[L=234157] |
completion , accomplishment , conclusion |
Kum.
[L=234158] |
setting to rights , adjustment , settlement |
MBh.
[L=234159] |
justification of a statement , proof |
Sarvad.
[L=234160] |
bringing into harmony , agreement , assent |
W. RPra1t.
[L=234161] |
intense application or fixing the mind on , intentness , attention ( |
°dhiṃ- √kṛ , " to attend ") MBh. R. &c
[L=234162] |
concentration of the thoughts , profound or abstract meditation , intense contemplation of any particular object (so as to identify the contemplator with the object meditated upon ; this is the eighth and last stage of |
yoga [ IW. 93] ; with Buddhists samādhi is the fourth and last stage of dhyāna or intense abstract meditation [ MWB. 209] ; in the kāraṇḍa-vyūha several samādhi are enumerated) Up. Buddh. MBh. &c
[L=234163] |
intense absorption or a kind of trance |
MBh. Ka1v. &c
[L=234164] |
a sanctuary or tomb of a saint |
W. RTL. 261
[L=234165] |
(in |
rhet.) N. of various figures of speech (defined as ārohā*varohakrama , artha-dṛṣṭi , anya-dharmāṇām anyatrā*dhirohaṇa &c ), Ka1vya7d. Va1m. Kpr. &c
[L=234166] |
N. |
of the 17th kalpa (q.v.) , of the 17th arhat of the future utsarpiṇī L.
[L=234167] |
of a |
vaiśya Cat. (accord. to L. also " silence ; a religious vow of intense devotion or self-imposed abstraction ; support , upholding ; continuance ; perseverance in difficulties ; attempting impossibilities ; collecting or laying up grain in times of dearth ")
(H2) | sam-bhārá [p= 1179,2] [L=237019]
m. |
(ifc. f(ā).) bringing together , collecting (= sam-bhṛti) S3Br.
[L=237020] |
preparation , equipment , provision , necessaries , materials , requisite , collection of things required for any purpose (with Buddhists twofold , viz. 1. |
puṇya-s° , " meritorious acts " , and 2. jñāna-s° , " science " ; others add 3. śamatha-s° , " quietude " , and 4. vidarśana-s° , " farsightedness " Dharmas. 117) AV. &c
[L=237021] |
= |
-yajus TBr.
[L=237022] |
property , wealth |
MBh.
[L=237023] |
fulness , completeness |
ib.
[L=237024] |
multitude , number , quantity |
Ka1v. Pur. Sarvad.
[L=237025] |
high degree , excess of (love , anger |
&c ) Ratna7v. Va1s.
[L=237026] |
maintenance , support , nourishment |
W.