(Note: started at 1:00 pm...more like 5:00 pm)
Samatha is a Buddhist term that is often translated as the "tranquility of the mind", or "mind-calmness". The Pali Canon describes it as one of two qualities of mind] which is developed in Buddhist meditation, the other being vipassana (insight). Samatha is said to be achieved by practicing single-pointed meditation.
Ghaṭikā is a Sanskrit technical term referring a division of time (24 minutes).
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