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)

Declension

Declension of मोक्ष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मोक्ष mokṣ	मोक्ष mokṣ
oblique	मोक्ष mokṣ	मोक्षों mokṣõ
vocative	मोक्ष mokṣ	मोक्षो mokṣo

Sanskrit

Etymology

From the root मोक्ष् (√mokṣ, “to free one's self, loosen, liberate”) (verb मोक्षते (mokṣate)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-.

Noun

मोक्ष • (mokṣa) 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

• Bengali: মোক্ষ (mōkkho)
• Gujarati: મોક્ષ (mokṣ)
• → Hindi: मोक्ष (mokṣ)
• → Javanese: ꦩꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦱ (moksa), moksa
• → Kannada: ಮೋಕ್ಷ (mōkṣa)
• → Malayalam: മോക്ഷം (mōkṣaṃ)
• Nepali: मोक्ष (mokṣa)
• Oriya: ମୋକ୍ଷ (mokṣô)
• Punjabi: ਮੋਕਸ਼ (mokaś)
• → Tamil: மோட்சம் (mōṭcam)
• → Telugu: మోక్షం (mōkṣaṁ)
• → Thai: โมกษะ (môok-sà)

References

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