CYCLE OF REBIRTH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cycle of rebirth mean? 

• CYCLE OF REBIRTH (noun)
  The noun CYCLE OF REBIRTH has 1 sense:

1. (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms

  Familiarity information: CYCLE OF REBIRTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYCLE OF REBIRTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("cycle of rebirth" is a kind of...):

rebirth; reincarnation; renascence (a second or new birth)

Domain category:

Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cycle of rebirth"):

moksa ((Hinduism) release from the cycle of rebirth)