mokkha

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• मोक्ख (Devanagari script)
• মোক্খ (Bengali script)
• මොක‍්ඛ (Sinhalese script)
• မောက္ခ or မေႃၵ္ၶ or မေႃၵ်ၶ (Burmese script)
• โมกฺข or โมกขะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩮᩣᨠ᩠ᨡ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂມກ຺ຂ or ໂມກຂະ (Lao script)
• មោក្ខ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄮𑄇𑄴𑄈 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-

Sanskrit मुच् (muc)

Sanskrit मोक्ष् (mokṣ)

Sanskrit -अ (-a)

Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa)

Pali mokkha

Inherited from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa). Cognate with Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑁄𑀔 (mokha /⁠mokkha⁠/).

Noun

mokkha m

1. release, freedom, deliverance, liberation

Declension

Declension table of "mokkha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	mokkho	mokkhā
Accusative (second)	mokkhaṃ	mokkhe
Instrumental (third)	mokkhena	mokkhehi or mokkhebhi
Dative (fourth)	mokkhassa or mokkhāya or mokkhatthaṃ	mokkhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	mokkhasmā or mokkhamhā or mokkhā	mokkhehi or mokkhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	mokkhassa	mokkhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	mokkhasmiṃ or mokkhamhi or mokkhe	mokkhesu
Vocative (calling)	mokkha	mokkhā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “mokkha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 541
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mōkṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 597