Upacara-samadhi

Upacāra-samādhi: 'neighbourhood or access-concentrationn', is the degree of concentration just before entering any of the absorptions, or Jhanas. It still belongs to the sense-sphere.
==References==
Maha Thera Nyanatiloka. Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines, Buddhist Publication Society, first edition 1952. 
Category:Pali terms