samsara

See also: saṃsāra

English

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

Pronunciation

Noun

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, C. A. Moore, editors, 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.

Translations

See also

References

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

Further reading

  • samsara”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

samsara f

  1. (philosophy, religion) samsara

Declension

Further reading

  • samsara in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French samsara.

Noun

samsara f (uncountable)

  1. samsara

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

samsàra f (Cyrillic spelling самса̀ра)

  1. (uncountable) samsara

Declension

Spanish

Noun

samsara m (uncountable)

  1. samsara

Further reading

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