मोक्ष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moːkʃ(ə)/

Noun

मोक्ष • (mokṣ) m

(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

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mokṣa

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

মোক্ষ (Assamese script)
ᬫᭀᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
মোক্ষ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰺𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
မောက္ၑ (Burmese script)
મોક્ષ (Gujarati script)
ਮੋਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑍋𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂷𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
ಮೋಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
មោក្ឞ (Khmer script)
ໂມກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
മോക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠣᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘻𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
ᠮᠣᠸᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧜𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑑀𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
ମୋକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
ꢪꣂꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆾𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖺𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
මොක්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩕𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚴𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
மோக்ஷ (Tamil script)
మోక్ష (Telugu script)
โมกฺษ (Thai script)
མོ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒼𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨆𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐwk.ʂɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmoːk.ʂɐ/

Noun

मोक्ष • (mokṣa) stem, m

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

Descendants

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

References

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

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