Moksha
Moksha (/ˈmoʊkʃə/; Sanskrit: मोक्ष, mokṣa), also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release. In its soteriological and eschatological senses, it refers to freedom from saṃsāra, the cycle of death and rebirth. In its epistemological and psychological senses, moksha is freedom from ignorance: self-realization, self-actualization and self-knowledge.
| Translations of Moksha | |
|---|---|
| English | Emancipation, liberation, release |
| Sanskrit | मोक्ष (IAST: mokṣa) |
| Assamese | মোক্ষ (mokkho) |
| Bengali | মোক্ষ (mokkho) |
| Hindi | मोक्ष (moksh) |
| Javanese | ꦩꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦱ (moksa) |
| Kannada | ಮೋಕ್ಷ (mōkṣa) |
| Malayalam | മോക്ഷം (mōkṣaṁ) |
| Marathi | मोक्ष (moksh) |
| Nepali | मोक्ष (moksh) |
| Odia | ମୋକ୍ଷ (mokṣa) |
| Punjabi | ਮੋਖ (mokh) |
| Tamil | வீடுபேறு (vīdupēru) |
| Telugu | మోక్షము (mokshamu) |
| Gujarati | મોક્ષ (mōkṣa) |
| Glossary of Hinduism terms | |
| Translations of Moksha | |
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| Chinese | 解脫 (Pinyin: jiětuō) |
| Japanese | 解脱 (Rōmaji: gedatsu) |
| Korean | 해탈 (RR: haetal) |
| Sinhala | මෝක්ෂ (moksha) |
| Thai | โมกษะ (RTGS: moksa) |
| Vietnamese | giải thoát |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
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In Hindu traditions, moksha is a central concept and the utmost aim of human life; the other three aims are dharma (virtuous, proper, moral life), artha (material prosperity, income security, means of life), and kama (pleasure, sensuality, emotional fulfillment). Together, these four concepts are called Puruṣārtha in Hinduism.
In some schools of Indian religions, moksha is considered equivalent to and used interchangeably with other terms such as vimoksha, vimukti, kaivalya, apavarga, mukti, nihsreyasa and nirvana. However, terms such as moksha and nirvana differ and mean different states between various schools of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. The term nirvana is more common in Buddhism, while moksha is more prevalent in Hinduism.