abstract:Samyama (from Sanskrit संयम saṃ-yama—holding together, tying up, bindingSanskrit-English Dictionary by Monier-Williams, (c) 1899). Combined simultaneous practice of Dhāraṇā (concentration), Dhyāna (meditation) & Samādhi (union). A tool to receive deeper knowledge of qualities of the object. It is a term summarizing the "catch-all" process of psychological absorption in the object of meditation.Sansonese, J. Nigro (1994). The Body of Myth: Mythology, Shamanic Trance, and the Sacred Geography of the Body. Inner Traditions. ISBN 978-0-89281-409-1. Source: Google Books (accessed: Friday March 6, 2009), p.26.