Bahuvedaniya Sutta (MN 59)

"The pleasure (piti) and joy (sukha) that arise dependent upon the five sense cords (senses)... are called sense pleasure....There is another kind of pleasure here, Ananda, (when one is) secluded from the sense pleasures, secluded from unwholesome states, a bhikkhu enters upon and abides in the first ecstasy (jhana), which is accompanied by applied and sustained attention (vitakka and vicára) with joy (sukha) and pleasure (piti) born of seclusion.  This is that other kind of pleasure loftier and more sublime than the previous pleasure."

a translation from the Pali by

Bhikkhus Nanamoli and Bodhi, Wisdom Publications, Boston 1995

Pasadika Sutta (DN 29) The Delightful Discourse

24.2 "There are, Cunda, these four kinds of life devoted to pleasure which are conducive to disenchantment, to dispassion, to cessation, to tranquillity, to realization, to enlightenment, to Nibbana. What are they? First a monk detached from sense-desires, detached from unwholesome mental states, enters and remains in the first jhana..." through the fourth jhana.

a translation from the Pali by

Maurice Walshe, Wisdom Publications, Boston 1987, 1995

Anapanasati Sutta (MN 118) Awareness of In-&-Out Breathing

[6] "One trains oneself to breathe in sensitive to joy (sukha), and to breathe out sensitive to pleasure (piiti)."

Maha-satipatthana Sutta (DN 22)

"And what is right meditation (sama-samadhi)? There is the case where an aspirant -- quite withdrawn from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful (mental) qualities -- enters and remains in the first absorption (jhana): joy and pleasure born from withdrawal, accompanied by applied and sustained attention (vitakka and vicára). With the stilling of applied and sustained attention (vitakka and vicára), one enters and remains in the second jhana: joy & pleasure born of tranquility, unification of awareness free from directed applied and sustained attention (vitakka and vicára) -- internal assurance. With the fading of exuberance one remains in equanimity, mindful and alert, physically sensitive of ecstasy. One enters & remains in the third jhana, of which the Noble Ones declare, 'Equanimous and mindful, one has a pleasurable abiding.' With the abandoning of pleasure (sukha) and pain (dukkha)-- as with the earlier disappearance of pleasure (sukha) and pain (dukkha)-- one enters and remains in the fourth jhana: purity of equanimity and awareness, neither pleasure (sukha) nor pain (dukkha). This is called right absorption."

Absorb tr.v.

1. To take (something) in through or as through pores or interstices.

2. To occupy the full attention, interest, or time of; engross. See Synonyms at monopolize.

3. Physics. To retain (radiation or sound, for example) wholly, without reflection or transmission.

4. To take in; assimilate: immigrants who were absorbed into the social mainstream.

5. To receive (an impulse) without echo or recoil: a fabric that absorbs sound; a bumper that absorbs impact.

6. To take over (a cost or costs).

7. To endure; accommodate: couldn't absorb the additional hardships. [Middle English, to swallow up, from Old French absorber, from Latin absorbre

Absorption n.

1. The act or process of absorbing or the condition of being absorbed.

2. A state of mental concentration.

Bliss n.

1. Extreme happiness; ecstasy.

2. The ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy.

Charism n. Theology.

Charisma.

Charisma n., pl. charisma.

2. Theology. An extraordinary power, such as the ability to perform miracles, granted to a contemplative by the sacred. [Greek kharisma, divine favor, from kharizesthai, to favor, from kharis, favor. from Greek khairein, to rejoice, delight in. [Pokorny 1. [her- 440.]

Charismatic adj.

2. Theology. Of, relating to, or being a type of religion that emphasizes personal religious experience and divinely inspired powers, as of healing, prophecy, and the gift of tongues.

—charismatic n.

 Theology. A member of a charismatic religious group or movement.

cognition  n.

1. The mental process or faculty of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment.

2. That which comes to be known, as through perception, reasoning, or intuition; knowledge. [Middle English cognicioun, from Latin cognitia, cognitian-, from cognitus, past participle of cognoscere, to learn : co-, intensive pref.; see CO- + gnoscere, to know—cognitional adj.

concentration n.

1.a. The act or process of concentrating, especially the fixing of close, undivided attention. b. The condition of being concentrated.

2. Something that has been concentrated.

3. Chemistry. The amount of a specified substance in a unit amount of another substance.

chorea n.

Any of various disorders of the nervous system marked by uncontrollable and irregular muscle movements, especially of the arms, legs, and face. [New Latin chorea (Sancti Viti), (St. Vitus') dance, from Latin chorTa, from Greek khoreia, choral dance, from khoros. See CHORUS.]

Ecstasy  n., pl. ecstasies.

1. Intense joy or delight.

2. A state of emotion so intense that one is carried beyond rational thought and self-control.

3. The trance, frenzy, or rapture associated with mystic or prophetic exaltation. [Middle English extasie, from Old French, from Late Latin extasis

effusive  adj.

1. Unrestrained or excessive in emotional expression; gushy: an effusive manner.

2. Profuse; overflowing: effusive praise.

Eudemonism n.

A system of ethics that evaluates actions in terms of their capacity to produce happiness. — eudemonist n. — eudemonistic or eudemonistical adj. — Eudemony

Eudemons

eudemon also eudaemon n.

A good or benevolent spirit.

euphoria  n.

A feeling of great happiness or well-being. [New Latin, from Greek, from euphoros, healthy : eu-, eu- + pherein, to bear; see bher-1 below.]

exhilaration  n.

1. The act of exalting or the condition of being exalted.

2. A state or feeling of intense, often excessive exhilaration or wellbeing. See Synonyms at ecstasy.

3. A flight of larks. See Synonyms at flock1.

exuberant adj.

1. Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy.

2. Lavish; extravagant.

3. Extreme in degree, size, or extent.

4. Growing, producing, or produced abundantly; plentiful:

Note: because exhilaration exuberant have the quality of effusiveness, then I relegate them to the first jhana, which seems to be typified by a youthful and gushy kind of joy.

gnosis n.

The direct experience of the sacred, intuitive apprehension of spiritual truths, an esoteric form of knowledge sought by the Gnostics. [Greek gnosis, knowledge, from gignoskein, to know.

Rapture  n.

1. The state of being transported by a lofty emotion; ecstasy.

2. Often raptures. An expression of ecstatic feeling. See Synonyms at ecstasy.

3. The transporting of a person from one place to another, especially to heaven.

Note: Because 'rapture' has the quality of being transported then I take this to be the Contemplative Christian term for an out-of-body experience.  And, since the out-of-body experience typically leaves the subject in a cataleptic trance, then I am going to associate it with the supramundane absorption states

Saint Vitus' dance also Saint Vitus's dance n.

 See  Sydenham's chorea. [After Saint Vitus, third-century A.D. Christian martyr.]

Sydenham's chorea n.

A nervous disorder occurring chiefly in childhood or during pregnancy, closely associated with rheumatic fever, and characterized by rapid, jerky, involuntary movements of the body. Also called Saint Vitus' dance. [After Thomas Sydenham (1624-1689), English physician.]

Note: since Saint Vitus' dance was used as a term to describe a neurological disorder that was characterized by rapid, jerky, involuntary movements of the body, then we can assume Saint Vitus may have had kriyas.

trance (trans) n.

1. A hypnotic, cataleptic, or ecstatic state.

2. Detachment from one's physical surroundings, as in contemplation or daydreaming.

3. A semiconscious state, as between sleeping and waking; a daze.