Mahasamadhi

[Sanskrit maha, meaning “great,” and samadhi, the highest stage of yoga; state of mystical ecstasy; deep contemplation leading to absorption into ultimate Reality] That final samadhi in which a yogi consciously leaves the physical body, nevermore to return to that house of clay.

Sources

Pearls of Wisdom, vol. 28, no. 4, January 27, 1985.