moksha

or mo·ksa

[ mohk-shuh ]

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noun

, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism.

freedom from the differentiated, temporal, and mortal world of ordinary experience.

moksha

/ ˈmɒkʃə /

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Origin of moksha¹

First recorded in 1775–85, moksha is from the Sanskrit word mokṣa

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Origin of moksha¹

from Sanskrit mokṣa liberation

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(And if they attempt to show that moksha, although effected, is eternal) they involve themselves in a conflict with sound logic.

Once in five years he held the great assembly called Moksha.

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