Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

mokṣa मोक्ष – liberation

substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine · substantive neuter

substantive masculine

liberation

substantive neuter

liberation

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

mokṣa ·m. deliverance, release from (abl., gen., or --°), esp. final emancipation, death; loosening, unbinding, solution (of a question), shedding (of tears or blood), uttering (of a curse), throwing, shooting off; scattering, strewing; giving up, abandoning.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Mokṣa, as, m. emancipation, deliverance, free- dom, liberation, escape, release; release from worldly existence, final emancipation, eternal bliss resulting from the soul's final liberation and its exemption from further transmigration; death; epithet of particular sacred hymns conducive to final emancipation; de- livery, discharge; the act of loosing, loosening, untying, unbinding, undoing, solving, (praśna-m˚, the settling of a question); acquittance of an obli- gation; (in astronomy) the liberation of an obscured planet, end of an eclipse, the last contact or separa- tion of the eclipsed and eclipsing bodies; shedding, causing to flow; the act of discharging, casting, flinging, shooting; strewing, scattering; separating, falling off, falling down; a species of tree (= muṣkaka).

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

mokṣa (von mokṣ 1.) m. 1〉 das Freiwerden, Befreiung: sa samartho 'pi mokṣāya (sich zu befreien) śiṣyānsarvānacodayat . grāhaṃ hatvā mokṣayadhvaṃ mām MBH. 1,5301. MBH. 5,5957. pañjarasthāḥ śukādayaḥ . labdhamokṣāḥ RAGH. 17,20. jananyā rākṣasendro 'dya mokṣārthe tava yācitaḥ R. 6,10,27. MĀLAV. 49,12. baddhasya VARĀH. BṚH. S. 98,14. bhūpaterbandhanānmokṣe RĀJA-TAR. 4,580. PAÑCAT. 109,11. tābhyo mokṣastava yadi — na syāt MEGH. 62. nirayāt BHĀG. P. 1,8,49. yatnaṃ cāpyakarodrājanmokṣārthaṃ tasya yakṣmaṇaḥ (gen. st. abl.) MBH. 9,2031. bandhana˚ VARĀH. BṚH. S. 48,81. PAÑCAT. 109,9. jarāmaraṇa˚ BHAG. 7,29. sarvākuśala˚ M. 11,221. vyādhi˚ SUŚR. 1,71,11. ṛṇa˚ HĀR. 157. deha˚ KATHĀS. 5,132. mauna˚ KATHĀS. 7,27. manyu˚ Spr. 752. — 2〉 Befreiung von allen Banden der Welt, Erlösung AK. 1,1,4,16. TRIK. 1,1,133. H. 75. H. an. 2,569. MED. ṣ. 22. HALĀY. 1,124. saṃsāramokṣasthitibandhahetuḥ ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 6,16. MAITRYUP. 6,20. MAITRYUP. 6,34. M. 1,114. M. 6,35. fgg. BHAG. 5,28. BHAG. 18,30. MBH. 1,6125. KAṆ. 5,2,18. NĪLAK. 31. fgg. KAP. 1,5. KAP. 1,7. KAP. 2,2. KAP. 2,7. BĀDAR. 1,1. TATTVAS. 8. TATTVAS. 48. dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇām RAGH. 10,85. Spr. 1318. fgg. VARĀH. BṚH. 25,15. BRAHMA-P. in LA. (II) 48,13. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 327. fg. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 349. ˚kara WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 320. Spr. 223. DHŪRTAS. in LA. 83,15. ˚padavī DHŪRTAS. in LA. 85,9. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 91,b,6. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 228,a, N. ˚yoga Verz. d. Oxf. H. 17,a,37. mokṣa = mṛti Tod H. an. — 3〉 Bez. bestimmter zur Erlösung führender Gesänge YĀJÑ. 3,114. — 4〉 in der Astr. Befreiung des verdunkelten (verschlungenen) Gestirns, Ende einer Finsterniss SŪRYAS. 4,14. SŪRYAS. 4,16. SŪRYAS. 5,14. SŪRYAS. 5,16. SŪRYAS. 6,4. SŪRYAS. 6,7. SŪRYAS. 6,18. SŪRYAS. 6,22. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 2,c. 5,81. fgg. — 5〉 das Sichablösen, Abfallen, Herabfallen: garbha˚ Geburt des Fötus VARĀH. BṚH. 5,17. vanasthalīrmarmarapattramokṣāḥ KUMĀRAS. 3,31. ambunivaha˚ ein Erguss VARĀH. BṚH. S. 9,29. — 6〉 das Lösen: abalāveṇīmokṣotsuka MEGH. 97. praśna˚ Lösung einer Frage KATHĀS. 5,53. — 7〉 das Fliessenlassen: aśru˚ das Vergiessen von Thränen MĀRK. P. 109,13. rakta˚ das Blutlassen SUŚR. 1,331,10. — 8〉 das Ausstossen: śāpa˚ eines Fluchs R. 1,49,3 (R. 1,50,3 GORR.). das Schleudern, Abschiessen, Werfen; = mocana H. an. MED. nārāyaṇāstrasya MBH. 1,345. śara˚ R. 1,76,16. BHĀG. P. 8,11,22. mayyeva yogyastava bāṇamokṣaḥ ad ŚĀK. 54. apāṅga˚ BHĀG. P. 2,1,31. das Streuen, Ausstreuen: lāja˚ KUMĀRAS. 7,80. KATHĀS. 50,138. KATHĀS. 50,140. — 9〉 ein best. Baum H. an. 2,569. HALĀY. 5,26. = muṣkaka AK. 2,4,2,20. H. an. 2,13. MED. — Vgl. nirmokṣa, pari˚, pra˚, prati˚, sirā˚, maukṣa, maukṣika.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

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mokṣa m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — 1〉 das Freiwerden, Befreiung, — von (Abl., ausnahmsweise Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend). — 2〉 Befreiung von allen [Page5-109-a] Banden der Welt, Erlösung. Angeblich auch Tod. — 3〉 Bez. bestimmter zur Erlösung führender Gesänge. — 4〉 in der Astron. Befreiung des verdunkelten (verschlungenen) Gestirns, Ende einer Finsterniss. — 5〉 das Sichablösen, Abfallen, herabbfallen. — 6〉 Erguss. — 7〉 das Freilassen, Laufenlassen (eines Verbrechers) GAUT. — 8〉 Lösung, Losbindung. — 9〉 Lösung (einer Frage). — 10〉 das Fliessenlassen. — 11〉 das Schleudern, Abschiessen, Werfen. — 12〉 das Streuen, Ausstreuen. — 13〉 das Ausstossen (eines Fluchs). — 14〉 das Fahrenlassen, Aufgeben KATHĀS. 5,132. KATHĀS. 7,27. Chr. 171,16. — 15〉 *Schrebera swietenioides RĀJAN. 11,211.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

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mokṣaḥ [mokṣ-ghañ] 1 Liberation, release, escape, freedom; sā'dhunā tava baṃdhe mokṣe ca prabhavati K.; Me. 61; labdhamokṣāḥ śukādayaḥ R. 17. 20; dhuryāṇāṃ ca dhuro mokṣaṃ R. 17. 19. 2 Rescue, deliverance, delivery. 3 Final emancipation, deliverance of the soul from recurring births or transmigration, the last of the four ends of human existence; see artha; dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ yasyaiko'pi na vidyate . ajāgalastanasyeva tasya janma nirarthakaṃ ..; Bg. 5. 28, Bg. 18. 30; R. 10. 84; Ms. 6. 35. 4 Death. 5 Falling down, dropping down, falling off; vanasthalīrmarmarapatramokṣāḥ Ku. 3. 31. 6 Loosening, untying, unbinding; veṇimokṣotsukāni Me. 99. 7 Shedding, causing to fall down or flow; bāṣpamokṣa, aśrumokṣa. 8 Shooting, casting, discharging; bāṇamokṣaḥ Ś. 3. 5. 9 Scattering, strewing. 10 Acquittance or discharge of an obligation (debt &c.). 11 (In ([Page 0880-b]) astr.) The liberation of an eclipsed planet, the end of an eclipse. 12 N. of a tree (pāṭali). Comp. — upāyaḥ a means of obtaining final emancipation. — devaḥ an epithet applied to Hiouen Thsang, the celebrated Chinese traveller. — dvāraṃ the sun. — purī an epithet of the town called kāṃcī.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

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mokṣa m. Lösung, Befreiung von (Abl., Gen. o. —˚), Erlösung (r.); das Loswerden, Abfallen, das Freilassen, Aufgeben, Werfen, Schleudern, Abschießen.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

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mokṣa mokṣa m. délivrance; la délivrance finale [l'exemption des liens du corps et des misères de la vie]. Esp. de plante. mokṣopāya m. (upāya) dévot qui ne pense qu'à la délivrance finale.

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DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 124: Samādhi 1 occurrence

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HP 6 occurrences
HP 1.33-1.43: Siddhāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 3.87-3.93*7: Sahajolī and Amarolī 2 occurrences

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HP 4.0*1-4.0*14: Samādhi and Laya 1 occurrence

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HP 4.1-4.4: Laya and Breath 1 occurrence

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HP 4.67-4.77: Mind and Breath 1 occurrence

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SiSa 8 occurrences
SiSa 2.44-2.48: Erkenntnisweg 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.9-4.20: Yonimudrā-Geheimnis 3 occurrences

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SiSa 5.156-5.181: Sahasrāra 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.208-5.222: Rājayoga 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.253-5.260: Haushalter-Abschluss 2 occurrences

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 6.14–6.17: Light and Immortality 1 occurrence

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VBT 1 occurrence
VBT 130–138: Name and Fourfoldness 1 occurrence

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