संसार
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[edit] Sanskrit
[edit] Noun
संसार (saṃ-sāra) m.
- going or wandering through, undergoing transmigration; samsara
- course, passage, passing through a succession of states, circuit of mundane existence, transmigration, metempsychosis
- the world, secular life, worldly illusion
- आ संसारात् (ā saṃsārāt) — from the beginning of the world
[edit] Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of संसार
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | संसारः (saṃsāraḥ) | संसारौ (saṃsārau) | संसाराः (saṃsārāḥ) |
| Vocative | संसार (saṃsāra) | संसारौ (saṃsārau) | संसाराः (saṃsārāḥ) |
| Accusative | संसारम् (saṃsāram) | संसारौ (saṃsārau) | संसारान् (saṃsārān) |
| Instrumental | संसारेण (saṃsāreṇa) | संसाराभ्याम् (saṃsārābhyām) | संसारैः (saṃsāraiḥ) |
| Dative | संसाराय (saṃsārāya) | संसाराभ्याम् (saṃsārābhyām) | संसारेभ्यः (saṃsārebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | संसारात् (saṃsārāt) | संसाराभ्याम् (saṃsārābhyām) | संसारेभ्यः (saṃsārebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | संसारस्य (saṃsārasya) | संसारयोः (saṃsārayoḥ) | संसाराणाम् (saṃsārāṇām) |
| Locative | संसारे (saṃsāre) | संसारयोः (saṃsārayoḥ) | संसारेषु (saṃsāreṣu) |
[edit] Descendants
- English: samsara
[edit] References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 1119
