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moksha

UK/ˈmɒkʃə/US/ˈmoʊkʃə/

moksha noun: in Indian philosophy and theology, the final liberation of the soul or consciousness from samsara and the bringing to an end of all the suffering involved in being subject to the cycle of reincarnation.

Noun (1)

moksha (uncountable)

  1. In Indian philosophy and theology, the final liberation of the soul or consciousness from samsara and the bringing to an end of all the suffering involved in being subject to the cycle of reincarnation.
    • The more merit you earn, the more you are likely to abridge the number of reincarnations you have to go through to reach the kind of enlightened state which gets you to moksha.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 5
    • It is one of the four key lessons of the Bhagavad-Gita: desire or lust; wealth; the desire for righteousness or dharma; and the final state of total liberation, or moksha.2017 August 9, James Temperton, “'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds'. The story of Oppenheimer's infamous quote”, in Wired UK, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    mukti

Proper noun capitalized: Moksha

Moksha

  1. A language of the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family.

Noun (2) capitalized: Moksha

Moksha (plural Mokshas)

  1. A member of the people who speak this language.

moksha meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Punjabi and Gujarati

moksha in Hindi

liberation — see also mukti
मोक्ष mokṣ

moksha in Tamil

moksha
மோட்சம் mōṭcam

moksha in Punjabi

liberation — see also mukti
ਮੋਕਸ਼ mokaś

moksha in Gujarati

moksha
મોક્ષ mokṣ, અક્ષયધામ akṣayadhām, અક્ષર akṣar
moksha, mukti
ઉદ્ધાર uddhār
More languagesFewer languages
moksha in Sanskrit
मोक्ष mokṣa
moksha in Thai
โมกษะ môok-sà
moksha in Vietnamese
giải thoát

Synonyms of moksha

Forms of moksha

pluralMokshas

Origin of moksha

Borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa, “liberation”).

From Moksha мокша (mokša, “a Moksha person”).

Questions about moksha

What does moksha mean?
Moksha means in Indian philosophy and theology, the final liberation of the soul or consciousness from samsara and the bringing to an end of all the suffering involved in being subject to the cycle of reincarnation.
What is moksha in Hindi?
Moksha in Hindi is मोक्ष (mokṣ). See Moksha meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is moksha?
Moksha can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce moksha?
Moksha is pronounced /ˈmɒkʃə/ (UK).
What is the plural of moksha?
The plural of moksha is Mokshas.

Words near moksha in the dictionary

  1. Mokpo
  2. Mokry
  3. Mokrys
  4. Moks
  5. Moksela
  6. moksha
  7. Mokshans
  8. Mokshas
  9. mokume-gane
  10. mokurruree
  11. mokusatsu

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: moksha (page history and authors); Moksha (page history and authors); மோட்சம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); અક્ષયધામ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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