The Sanskrit term Śamathacitta can be transliterated into English as Samathacitta or Shamathacitta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shamathachitta.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Śamathacitta (शमथचित्त) [=Śamathacittatā?] refers to the “stillness of thought by peaceful meditation”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “What then, the son of good family, is memory (dhāraṇī)? [...] (22) knowledge of the stillness of thought by peaceful meditation (śamathacittatā); (23) knowledge of the dharma of liberation when concerned with expanded vision; (24) knowledge of the results of wisdom and liberation; (25) knowledge of special knowledge; (26) knowledge producing the supernormal knowledges;

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Partial matches: Samatha, Citta.

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