मोक्ष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːkʃ(ə)/

Noun

मोक्ष • (mokṣ) m

1. (Jainism, Hinduism) moksha (liberation from the cycle of reincarnation)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root मोक्ष् (√mokṣ, “to free one's self, loosen, liberate”) (verb मोक्षते (mokṣate)).

Noun

मोक्ष • (mokṣa) stem, m

1. (Jainism, Hinduism) emancipation, liberation, release from; moksha
2. release from worldly existence or transmigration, final or eternal emancipation.
3. death.
4. Name of particular sacred hymns conducive to final emancipation.
5. (astronomy) the liberation of an eclipsed or occulted planet, the last contact or separation of the eclipsed and eclipsing bodies, end of an eclipse.
6. falling off or down. (compare गर्भ-)
7. effusion.
8. setting free, deliverance (of a prisoner).
9. loosing, untying (hair).
10. settling (a question).
11. acquittance of an obligation, discharge of a debt (compare रिण-)
12. shedding or causing to flow (tears, blood etc.).
13. casting, shooting, hurling.
14. strewing, scattering.
15. utterance (of a curse).
16. relinquishment, abandonment.
17. Name of the Divine mountain मेरु.
18. Schrebera swietenioides L.

Descendants

• Tamil: மோட்சம் (mōṭcam)

References

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899