Moksha

//ˈmɒkʃə// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of the people who speak this language.
  2. 2
    In Indian philosophy and theology, the final liberation of the soul or consciousness from samsara and the bringing to an end of all the suffering involved in being subject to the cycle of reincarnation. uncountable

    "The more merit you earn, the more you are likely to abridge the number of reincarnations you have to go through to reach the kind of enlightened state which gets you to moksha."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A language of the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family.

Synonyms

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mukti

Example

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"In Hinduism, "moksha" is when the soul self melds with the god sea."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Moksha мокша (mokša, “a Moksha person”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa, “liberation”).

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