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Samprajñāta samādhi

Absorption with an object or support, accompanied by awareness of that object, in classical yoga.

Also: samadhi with seed

Yoga, Sāṃkhya, Tantra and devotion

Samprajñāta samādhi is absorption in which the mind rests on an object and is aware of it. Patañjali describes its stages, with reasoning, with reflection, with bliss and with the sense of I. Commentators call it samādhi with seed, since impressions remain that can sprout again.