samsara
See also: saṃsāra
English Edit
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Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).
Pronunciation Edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /sʌmˈsɑɹə/
Noun Edit
samsara (countable and uncountable, plural samsaras)
- (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, C. A. Moore, editors, 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 Edit
cycle of reincarnation
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See also Edit
References Edit
- The Upanishads, abridged, translated and edited by Swami Nikhilananda, Harper Torchbooks, 1963, page 379.
Further reading Edit
- samsara at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams Edit
Polish Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
samsara f
Declension Edit
Declension of samsara
Further reading Edit
Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
samsara f (uncountable)
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Serbo-Croatian Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
samsàra f (Cyrillic spelling самса̀ра)
Declension Edit
Spanish Edit
Noun Edit
samsara m (uncountable)
Further reading Edit
- “samsara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014