samsara

English

Samsara is symbolised in Tibetan Buddhist iconography by the Endless knot.

Alternative forms

• saṃsāra

Etymology

From Sanskrit संसार (saṃ-sāra).

Noun

samsara (uncountable)

1. (philosophy, religion) In Hinduism, Buddhism, and some other eastern religions, the ongoing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth endured by human beings and all other mortal beings, and from which release is obtained by achieving the highest enlightenment.
   • 1957, S. Radhakrishnan and C. A. Moore (eds.), A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy, Princeton Univ. Press, p. 38,

     Until we are released from the law of karma and reach moksha or deliverance, we will be in samsara or the time process.

Translations

cycle of reincarnation

Japanese: 輪廻 (りんね, rinne) Lao: ສັງສາລະວັດ (lo) (sangsaala-wat)

Polish: samsara (pl) f. Serbo-Croatian: samsara (sh) f. / самсара (sh) f.

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Vietnamese: luân hồi

See also

• reincarnation
• metempsychosis
• transmigration

External links

• Samsara on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “samsara” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "samsara" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
• "samsara" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus © Wordsmyth 2002.
• "samsara" at Rhymezone © 2006 Datamuse.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• The Upanishads, abridged, translated and edited by Swami Nikhilananda, Harper Torchbooks, 1963, p. 379

Anagrams

• samaras

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Polish

Alternative forms

• sansara

Etymology

From Sanskrit संसार (saṃ-sāra).

Noun

samsara f.

1. samsara

Declension

    declension of samsara

	singular	plural
nominative	samsara	samsary
genitive	samsary	samsar
dative	samsarze	samsarom
accusative	samsarę	samsary
instrumental	samsarą	samsarami
locative	samsarze	samsarach
vocative	samsaro	samsary

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Sanskrit संसार (saṃ-sāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /samsǎra/
• Hyphenation: sam‧sa‧ra

Noun

samsàra f. (Cyrillic spelling самса̀ра)

1. (uncountable) samsara

Declension

    declension of samsara

	singular
nominative	samsara
genitive	samsare
dative	samsari
accusative	samsaru
vocative	samsaro
locative	samsari
instrumental	samsarom