मोक्ष

Hindi

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-

Sanskrit मुच् (muc)

Sanskrit मोक्ष् (mokṣ)

Sanskrit -अ (-a)

Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa)bor.

Hindi मोक्ष (mokṣ)

Borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /moːkʂ/, [moːkʃ]

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-

Sanskrit मुच् (muc)

Sanskrit मोक्ष् (mokṣ)

Sanskrit -अ (-a)

Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa)

From the root मोक्ष् (mokṣ, “to free one's self”) +‎ -अ (-a).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐwk.ʂɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmoːk.ʂɐ/

Noun

मोक्ष • (mokṣa) stem, m (root मोक्ष्)

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.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मोक्ष

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मोक्षः (mokṣaḥ)	मोक्षौ (mokṣau) मोक्षा¹ (mokṣā¹)	मोक्षाः (mokṣāḥ) मोक्षासः¹ (mokṣāsaḥ¹)
vocative	मोक्ष (mokṣa)	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)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀔 (mokha /⁠mokkha⁠/), 𐨨𐨆𐨐𐨿𐨮 (mokṣa)
  • Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔 (mŏkkha), 𑀫𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔 (mukkha)
    • Central Indo-Aryan:
      • Old Awadhi: मोखू (mokhū)
    • Insular Indo-Aryan:
      • Sinhalese: මොක් (mok)
    • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
      • Punjabi:

        Gurmukhi script: ਮੋਖ (mokh)

        Shahmukhi script: موکھ (mokh)

      • Saraiki: موکھ (mokh)
      • Sindhi:

        Arabic script: موکُ (mokhu), موکَ (mokha)

        Devanagari script: मोखु (mokhu), मोख (mokha)

    • Western Indo-Aryan:
      • Gujarati: મોખ (mokh)
• Pali: mokkha

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 (moksha)
• → 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