samsara

See also: saṃsāra

EnglishEdit

 
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Samsara is symbolised in Tibetan Buddhist iconography by the Endless knot.

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

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NounEdit

samsara (countable and uncountable, plural samsaras)

  1. (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.

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ReferencesEdit

  • The Upanishads, abridged, translated and edited by Swami Nikhilananda, Harper Torchbooks, 1963, page 379.

Further readingEdit

  • samsara at OneLook Dictionary Search

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PolishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /samˈsa.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ara
  • Syllabification: sam‧sa‧ra

NounEdit

samsara f

  1. (philosophy, religion) samsara

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Further readingEdit

  • samsara in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • samsara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French samsara.

NounEdit

samsara f (uncountable)

  1. samsara

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /samsǎra/
  • Hyphenation: sam‧sa‧ra

NounEdit

samsàra f (Cyrillic spelling самса̀ра)

  1. (uncountable) samsara

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SpanishEdit

NounEdit

samsara m (uncountable)

  1. samsara

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