Moksha
Spiritual liberation, soteriological goal in Hinduism / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Moksha (/ˈmoʊkʃə/; Sanskrit: मोक्ष, mokṣa), also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti,[1] is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release.[2] In its soteriological and eschatological senses, it refers to freedom from saṃsāra, the cycle of death and rebirth.[3] In its epistemological and psychological senses, moksha is freedom from ignorance: self-realization, self-actualization and self-knowledge.[4]
Translations of Moksha | |
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English | Emancipation, liberation, release |
Sanskrit | मोक्ष (IAST: mokṣa) |
Assamese | মোক্ষ (mokkho) |
Bengali | মোক্ষ (mokkho) |
Hindi | मोक्ष (moksh) |
Javanese | ꦩꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦱ (moksa) |
Kannada | ಮೋಕ್ಷ (mōkṣa) |
Malayalam | മോക്ഷം (mōkṣaṁ) |
Marathi | मोक्ष (moksh) |
Nepali | मोक्ष (moksh) |
Odia | ମୋକ୍ଷ (mokṣa) |
Punjabi | ਮੋਖ (mokh) |
Tamil | வீடுபேறு (vīdupēru) |
Telugu | మోక్షము (mokshamu) |
Gujarati | મોક્ષ (mōkṣa) |
Glossary of Hinduism terms |
Translations of Moksha | |
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Chinese | 解脫 (Pinyin: jiětuō) |
Japanese | 解脱 (Rōmaji: gedatsu) |
Korean | 해탈 (RR: haetal) |
Sinhala | මෝක්ෂ (moksha) |
Thai | โมกษะ (RTGS: moksa) |
Vietnamese | giải thoát |
Glossary of Buddhism |
In Hindu traditions, moksha is a central concept[5] and the utmost aim of human life; the other three aims are dharma (virtuous, proper, moral life), artha (material prosperity, income security, means of life), and kama (pleasure, sensuality, emotional fulfillment).[6] Together, these four concepts are called Puruṣārtha in Hinduism.[7]
In some schools of Indian religions, moksha is considered equivalent to and used interchangeably with other terms such as vimoksha, vimukti, kaivalya, apavarga, mukti, nihsreyasa and nirvana.[8] However, terms such as moksha and nirvana differ and mean different states between various schools of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.[9] The term nirvana is more common in Buddhism,[10] while moksha is more prevalent in Hinduism.[11]