Glossary

Sri Yukteswar
Sri Yukteswar after his mahasamadhi, 1936

mahasamadhi

Sanskrit maha, "great," samadhi. The last meditation, or conscious communion with God, during which a perfected master merges himself in the cosmic Aum (Om) and casts off the physical body. A master invariably knows beforehand the time God has appointed for him to leave his bodily residence.

See samadhi.