According to Wikipedia,
Various interpretations for the term's etymology are possible:
- sam, "together"; a, "toward"; stem of dadhati, "puts, places": "a putting or joining together;"
- sam, "together" or "integrated"; ā, "towards"; dhā, "to get, to hold": "to acquire integration or wholeness, or truth" (samāpatti);
- sam, "uniformly" or "fully"; adhi, "to get established: : a state wherein one establishes himself to the fullest extent in the Supreme Consciousness;
- samā, "even"; dhi, "intellect": a state of total equilibrium of a detached intellect.
- sam, "perfect," "complete." dhi, "consciousness": a state of being where "all distinctions between the person who is the subjective meditator, the act of meditation and the object of meditation merge into oneness."
- sama, "equanimous" dhi, "buddhi or the intellect"
Can someone please give actual Nishpatthi and Pada Vibhaga for the word and also cite authentic sources?