मोक्ष
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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa).
Pronunciation
Noun
मोक्ष • (mokṣ) m
- (Jainism, Hinduism) moksha (liberation from the cycle of reincarnation)
Declension
Declension of मोक्ष (masc cons-stem)
Sanskrit
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
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 (mokṣô)
- 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