jivanmukta

English

Alternative forms

• jivanmukti

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जीवन्मुक्ति (jīvanmukti, “emancipation while still alive”).

Noun

jivanmukta (plural jivanmuktas)

1. (Hinduism) A person who, in the Advaita philosophy of Hinduism, has attained nirvikalpa samadhi — the realization of the Self, Parasiva — and is liberated from rebirth while living in a human body.
2. (Hinduism) A liberated being (not necessarily paramukta).