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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit जीवन्मुक्ति (jīvanmukti, “emancipation while still alive”).
Noun
jivanmukta (plural jivanmuktas)
- (Hinduism) A person who, in the Advaita philosophy of Hinduism, has attained nirvikalpa samadhi — the realization of the Self, Parasiva — and is liberated from rebirth while living in a human body.
- (Hinduism) A liberated being (not necessarily paramukta).