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

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

Pronunciation

Root

मोक्ष् • (mokṣ)

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

Derived terms

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
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