मोक्ष्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মোক্ষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᭀᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• মোক্ষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰺𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• မောက္ၑ် (Burmese script)
• મોક્ષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਮੋਕ੍ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍋𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂷𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೋಕ್ಷ್ (Kannada script)
• មោក្ឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ໂມກ຺ຩ຺ (Lao script)
• മോക്ഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠣᡬᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘻𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠣᠸᠠᢉᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧜𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑑀𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ମୋକ୍ଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢪꣂꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆾𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖺𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• මොක්‍ෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩕𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚴𑚊𑚶𑚶 (Takri script)
• மோக்ஷ் (Tamil script)
• మోక్ష్ (Telugu script)
• โมกฺษฺ (Thai script)
• མོ་ཀྵ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒼𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨆𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-

Sanskrit मुच् (muc)

Sanskrit मोक्ष् (mokṣ)

Desiderative of मुच् (muc), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk- (“to release, slip”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐwkʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /moːkʂ/

Root

मोक्ष् • (mokṣ)

1. to free oneself
2. to shake off
3. to free or deliver from

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root मोक्ष् (0 c, 2 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root मोक्ष् (5 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• मोक्षते (mokṣate, Present)
• मोक्षयति (mokṣayati, Present)
• मोक्षयिष्यति (mokṣayiṣyati, Future)

Non-Finite Forms

• मोक्षितुम् (mokṣitum, Infinitive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• मोक्ष (mokṣa)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मोक्ष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0834.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “मोक्ष्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 122
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “मोक्ष्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016