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samvega

samvega noun: dismay at the futility of life as normally lived; a sense of urgency to escape the cycle of samsara and achieve nirvana.

Noun

samvega (countable and uncountable, plural samvegas)

  1. Dismay at the futility of life as normally lived; a sense of urgency to escape the cycle of samsara and achieve nirvana.

Forms of samvega

pluralsamvegas
alternative formsaṃvega

Origin of samvega

Transliteration of Sanskrit संवेग (saṃvega, “desire for emancipation”).

Questions about samvega

What does samvega mean?
Samvega means dismay at the futility of life as normally lived; a sense of urgency to escape the cycle of samsara and achieve nirvana.
What part of speech is samvega?
Samvega is a noun.
What is the plural of samvega?
The plural of samvega is samvegas.

Words near samvega in the dictionary

  1. samuza
  2. samvadi
  3. samvadis
  4. samvat
  5. samvats
  6. samvega
  7. samvydav
  8. samvydavs
  9. Samways
  10. samwich
  11. samwiches

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