1) Samatha (p. 683) Samatha Samatha [fr. śam, cp. BSk. śamatha] 1. calm, quietude of heart M i.33; A i.61, 95; ii.140; iii.86 sq. (ceto˚), 116 sq., 449; iv.360; v.99; D iii.54, 213, 273; DhA ii.177; S iv.362; Dhs 11, 15, 54; cessation of the Sankhāras S i.136; iii.133; A i.133; Sn 732; Vin i.5. <-> 2. settlement of legal questions (adhikaraṇa) Vin ii.93; iv.207; cp. DhsA 144; s. paṭivijjhati Pts i.180.
   -- yānika who makes quietude his vehicle, devoted to quietude, a kind of Arahant; cp. Geiger, Saŋyutta trslⁿ ii.172. -- vipassanā introspection ("auto -- hypnosis" Cpd. 202) for promoting calm [cp. śamatha -- vipaśyanā Divy 95] S v.52; A ii.157; DhA iv.140; also separately "calm & intuition," e. g. M i.494.