samsara

See also: saṃsāra

English

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

Alternative forms

• saṃsāra

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌmˈsɑɹə/

Noun

samsara (countable and uncountable, plural samsaras)

1. (philosophy, religion) In Jainism, 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, page 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

• Bhojpuri: संसार (sansār)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 輪迴／轮回 (leon⁴ wui⁴)

  Mandarin: 輪迴／轮回 (zh) (lúnhuí), 轮回 (zh) (lúnhuí)

• Esperanto: sansaro
• French: samsara (fr) m, samsâra (fr) m
• Georgian: სამსარა (samsara), სანსარა (sansara)
• Hindi: संसार (hi) (sansār)
• Hungarian: szamszára, szanszára
• Irish: samsara m
• Japanese: 輪廻 (ja) (rinne)
• Khmer: សង្សារ (km) (sɑngsaa)
• Korean: 윤회(輪迴) (ko) (yunhoe)
• Lao: ສັງສາລະວັດ (sang sā la wat)
• Marathi: संसार (sausār)
• Mongolian: сансар (mn) (sansar)
• Nepali: संसार (sansār)
• Polish: samsara (pl) f
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• Russian: санса́ра (ru) f (sansára), самса́ра (ru) f (samsára)
• Sanskrit: संसार (sa) (saṃsāra)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: самса̀ра f

  Roman: samsàra (sh) f

• Sinhalese: සංසාරය (saṁsāraya)
• Tamil: சம்சாரம் (ta) (camcāram), பிறவிச்சுழற்சி (piṟaviccuḻaṟci)
• Thai: สงสาร (th) (sǒng-sǎan)
• Tibetan: འཁོར་བ། ('khor ba)
• Ukrainian: санса́ра f (sansára), самса́ра f (samsára)
• Urdu: سنسار (sansār)
• Vietnamese: luân hồi (vi) (輪迴)

See also

• reincarnation
• metempsychosis
• transmigration

References

• The Upanishads, abridged, translated and edited by Swami Nikhilananda, Harper Torchbooks, 1963, page 379.

Further reading

• “samsara”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• asramas, assamar, samaras

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Polish

Alternative forms

• sansara

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

Noun

samsara f

1. (philosophy, religion) 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

Further reading

• samsara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• samsara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French samsara.

Noun

samsara f (uncountable)

1. samsara

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

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Spanish

Noun

samsara m (uncountable)

1. samsara

Further reading

• “samsara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014