English

Samsara is symbolised in Tibetan Buddhist iconography by the Endless knot.

Alternative forms

• saṃsāra

Noun

samsara ‎(countable and uncountable, plural samsaras)

1. (philosophy, religion) In Hinduism, Buddhism, and some other eastern religions, the ongoing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth endured by human beings and all other mortal beings, and from which release is obtained by achieving the highest enlightenment.
   • 1957, S. Radhakrishnan and C. A. Moore (eds.), A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy, Princeton Univ. Press, page 38:

     Until we are released from the law of karma and reach moksha or deliverance, we will be in samsara or the time process.

Translations

See also

• reincarnation
• metempsychosis
• transmigration

References

• The Upanishads, abridged, translated and edited by Swami Nikhilananda, Harper Torchbooks, 1963, page 379.

Anagrams

• samaras

Polish

Alternative forms

• sansara

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit संसार ‎(saṃsāra).

Noun

samsara f

1. samsara

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from Sanskrit संसार ‎(saṃsāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /samsǎra/
• Hyphenation: sam‧sa‧ra

Noun

samsàra f ‎(Cyrillic spelling самса̀ра)

1. (uncountable) samsara

Declension