मोक्ष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moːkʃ(ə)/

Noun

मोक्ष • (mokṣ) m

  1. (Jainism, Hinduism) moksha (liberation from the cycle of reincarnation)

Declension
Declension of मोक्ष (masc cons-stem)
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

From the root मोक्ष् (√mokṣ, “to free one's self, loosen, liberate”) (verb मोक्षते (mokṣate)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-.

Pronunciation

Noun

मोक्ष • (mokṣa) stem, m

  1. (Jainism, Hinduism) emancipation, liberation, release from; moksha
  2. release from worldly existence or transmigration, final or eternal emancipation
  3. death
  4. name of particular sacred hymns conducive to final emancipation
  5. (astronomy) the liberation of an eclipsed or occulted planet, the last contact or separation of the eclipsed and eclipsing bodies, end of an eclipse
  6. falling off or down. (compare गर्भ-)
  7. effusion
  8. setting free, deliverance (of a prisoner)
  9. loosing, untying (hair)
  10. settling (a question)
  11. acquittance of an obligation, discharge of a debt (compare रिण-)
  12. shedding or causing to flow (tears, blood etc.)
  13. casting, shooting, hurling
  14. strewing, scattering
  15. utterance (of a curse)
  16. relinquishment, abandonment
  17. name of the Divine mountain मेरु
  18. Schrebera swietenioides L.

Descendants
  • Bengali: মোক্ষ (mōkkho)
  • Gujarati: મોક્ષ (mokṣ)
  • → Hindi: मोक्ष (mokṣ)
  • → Javanese: ꦩꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦱ (moksa), moksa
  • → Kannada: ಮೋಕ್ಷ (mōkṣa)
  • → Malayalam: മോക്ഷം (mōkṣaṁ)
  • Nepali: मोक्ष (mokṣa)
  • Odia: ମୋକ୍ଷ (mokṣô)
  • Punjabi: ਮੋਕਸ਼ (mokaś)
  • → Tagalog: puksa
  • → Tamil: மோட்சம் (mōṭcam)
  • → Telugu: మోక్షం (mōkṣaṁ)
  • → Thai: โมกษะ (môok-sà)

References
  • Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899
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