Samsara is a Sanskrit word that means “the ever turning wheel of life”.
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Samsara
//sʌmˈsɑɹə//
Synonyms for "samsara"
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42 translations across 33 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- সংসার noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- संसार noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Burmese
1 entries- သံသရာ noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 輪迴 /轮回 noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 輪迴 /轮回 noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Esperanto
1 entries- sansaro noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Finnish
1 entries- samsara noun (cycle of reincarnation)
French
2 entries- samsara noun (cycle of reincarnation)
- samsâra noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Georgian
2 entries- სამსარა noun (cycle of reincarnation)
- სანსარა noun (cycle of reincarnation)
German
1 entries- Samsara noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Greek
1 entries- σαμσάρα noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Hindi
1 entries- संसार noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Hungarian
2 entries- szamszára noun (cycle of reincarnation)
- szanszára noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Irish
1 entries- samsara noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Japanese
1 entries- 輪廻 noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Khmer
1 entries- សង្សារ noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Korean
2 entries- 생사유전 noun (cycle of reincarnation)
- 윤회 noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Lao
1 entries- ສັງສາລະວັດ noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Marathi
1 entries- संसार noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Mongolian
2 entries- орчлон noun (cycle of reincarnation)
- сансар noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Nepali
1 entries- संसार noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Pali
1 entries- saṃsāra noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Polish
1 entries- samsara noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Russian
2 entries- самса́ра noun (cycle of reincarnation)
- санса́ра noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Sanskrit
1 entries- संसार noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- samsàra noun (cycle of reincarnation)
- самса̀ра noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Sinhalese
1 entries- සංසාරය noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Tamil
2 entries- சம்சாரம் noun (cycle of reincarnation)
- பிறவிச்சுழற்சி noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Thai
1 entries- สงสาร noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Tibetan
1 entries- འཁོར་བ། noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Ukrainian
2 entries- самса́ра noun (cycle of reincarnation)
- санса́ра noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Urdu
1 entries- سنسار noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Vietnamese
1 entries- luân hồi noun (cycle of reincarnation)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Until we are released from the law of karma and reach moksha or deliverance, we will be in samsara or the time process.
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