moksha

See also: Moksha

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊkʃə/

Noun

moksha (uncountable)

  1. 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.
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 5:
      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.

Italian

Proper noun

moksha m

  1. Moksha (language)

Portuguese

Noun

moksha m (uncountable)

  1. Moksha (language)

Spanish

Noun

moksha m (uncountable)

  1. Moksha language
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