मोक्ष
Hindi
Etymology
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Borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /moːkʂ/, [moːkʃ]
Noun
मोक्ष • (mokṣ) m
- (Jainism, Hinduism) moksha (liberation from the cycle of reincarnation)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मोक्ष mokṣ |
मोक्ष mokṣ |
| oblique | मोक्ष mokṣ |
मोक्षों mokṣõ |
| vocative | मोक्ष mokṣ |
मोक्षो mokṣo |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মোক্ষ (Assamese script)
- ᬫᭀᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
- মোক্ষ (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰺𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
- မောက္ၑ (Burmese script)
- મોક્ષ (Gujarati script)
- ਮੋਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑍋𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂷𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
- ಮೋಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
- មោក្ឞ (Khmer script)
- ໂມກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
- മോക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠣᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘻𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠣᠸᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧜𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑑀𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
- ମୋକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
- ꢪꣂꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆾𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖺𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
- මොක්ෂ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩕𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚴𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
- மோக்ஷ (Tamil script)
- మోక్ష (Telugu script)
- โมกฺษ (Thai script)
- མོ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒼𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨆𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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From the root मोक्ष् (mokṣ, “to free one's self”) + -अ (-a).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐwk.ʂɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /moːk.ʂɐ/
Noun
मोक्ष • (mokṣa) stem, m (root मोक्ष्)
- (Jainism, Hinduism) emancipation, liberation, release from; moksha
- release from worldly existence or transmigration, final or eternal emancipation
- death
- name of particular sacred hymns conducive to final emancipation
- (astronomy) the liberation of an eclipsed or occulted planet, the last contact or separation of the eclipsed and eclipsing bodies, end of an eclipse
- falling off or down. (compare गर्भ-)
- effusion
- setting free, deliverance (of a prisoner)
- loosing, untying (hair)
- settling (a question)
- acquittance of an obligation, discharge of a debt (compare रिण-)
- shedding or causing to flow (tears, blood etc.)
- casting, shooting, hurling
- strewing, scattering
- utterance (of a curse)
- relinquishment, abandonment
- name of the Divine mountain मेरु
- Schrebera swietenioides L.
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ) | मोक्षौ (mokṣau) मोक्षा¹ (mokṣā¹) |
मोक्षाः (mokṣāḥ) मोक्षासः¹ (mokṣāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | मोक्षम् (mokṣam) | मोक्षौ (mokṣau) मोक्षा¹ (mokṣā¹) |
मोक्षान् (mokṣān) |
| instrumental | मोक्षेण (mokṣeṇa) | मोक्षाभ्याम् (mokṣābhyām) | मोक्षैः (mokṣaiḥ) मोक्षेभिः¹ (mokṣebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | मोक्षाय (mokṣāya) | मोक्षाभ्याम् (mokṣābhyām) | मोक्षेभ्यः (mokṣebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मोक्षात् (mokṣāt) | मोक्षाभ्याम् (mokṣābhyām) | मोक्षेभ्यः (mokṣebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मोक्षस्य (mokṣasya) | मोक्षयोः (mokṣayoḥ) | मोक्षाणाम् (mokṣāṇām) |
| locative | मोक्षे (mokṣe) | मोक्षयोः (mokṣayoḥ) | मोक्षेषु (mokṣeṣu) |
| vocative | मोक्ष (mokṣa) | मोक्षौ (mokṣau) मोक्षा¹ (mokṣā¹) |
मोक्षाः (mokṣāḥ) मोक्षासः¹ (mokṣāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Borrowed terms
- → Bengali: মোক্ষ (mōkkho)
- → English: moksha
- → Gujarati: મોક્ષ (mokṣ)
- → Hindi: मोक्ष (mokṣ)
- → Javanese: ꦩꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦱ (moksa), moksa
- → Kannada: ಮೋಕ್ಷ (mōkṣa)
- → Malayalam: മോക്ഷം (mōkṣaṁ)
- → Nepali: मोक्ष (mokṣa)
- → Odia: ମୋକ୍ଷ (mokṣa)
- → Punjabi: ਮੋਕਸ਼ (mokaś)
- → Russian: мо́кша (mókša)
- → Tagalog: puksa
- → Tamil: மோட்சம் (mōṭcam)
- → Telugu: మోక్షం (mōkṣaṁ)
- → Thai: โมกษะ (môok-sà)
- → Ukrainian: мо́кша (mókša)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “मोक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 835.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mōkṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 597