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MOKSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does moksa mean?
• MOKSA (noun)
The noun MOKSA has 1 sense:
1. (Hinduism) release from the cycle of rebirth
Familiarity information: MOKSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Hinduism) release from the cycle of rebirth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("moksa" is a kind of...):
cycle of rebirth ((Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms)
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)
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