jivanmukta
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Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit जीवन्मुक्ति (jīvan-mukti, “emancipation while still alive”)
Noun[edit]
jivanmukta (plural jivanmuktas)
- (Hinduism) A person who, in the Advaita philosophy of Hinduism, has attained nirvikalpa samadhi — the realization of the Self, Parasiva — and is liberated from rebirth while living in a human body.
- A liberated being (not necessarily paramukta).
