samsara
See also: saṃsāra
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /sʌmˈsɑɹə/
NounEdit
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 and C. A. Moore (eds.), 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.
- 1957, S. Radhakrishnan and C. A. Moore (eds.), A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy, Princeton Univ. Press, page 38:
TranslationsEdit
cycle of reincarnation
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- The Upanishads, abridged, translated and edited by Swami Nikhilananda, Harper Torchbooks, 1963, page 379.
Further readingEdit
- samsara at OneLook Dictionary Search
AnagramsEdit
PolishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
samsara f
DeclensionEdit
Declension of samsara
Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
samsara f (uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
declension of samsara (singular only)
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f gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (o) samsara | [[{{{def}}}#Romanian|{{{def}}}]] |
genitive/dative | (unei) [[{{{pl}}}#Romanian|{{{pl}}}]] | [[{{{pl}}}i#Romanian|{{{pl}}}i]] |
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
samsàra f (Cyrillic spelling самса̀ра)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of samsara
singular | |
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nominative | samsara |
genitive | samsare |
dative | samsari |
accusative | samsaru |
vocative | samsaro |
locative | samsari |
instrumental | samsarom |
SpanishEdit
NounEdit
samsara m (uncountable)
Further readingEdit
- “samsara”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014