Meanings
moksha1
- uncountableIn Indian philosophy and theology, the final liberation of the soul or consciousness from samsara and the bringing to an end of all the suffering involved in being subject to the cycle of reincarnation.
It is one of the four key lessons of the Bhagavad-Gita: desire or lust; wealth; the desire for righteousness or dharma; and the final state of total liberation, or moksha.
2017 August 9, James Temperton, “'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds'. The story of Oppenheimer's infamous quote”, in Wired UK, →ISSN1 more example
The more merit you earn, the more you are likely to abridge the number of reincarnations you have to go through to reach the kind of enlightened state which gets you to moksha.
1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 5Synonyms: mukti
Moksha2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounIn Indian philosophy and theology, the final liberation of the soul or consciousness from samsara and the bringing to an end of all the suffering involved in being subject to the cycle of reincarnation.
Origin
moksha · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)mewk-
- Sanskritमुच् (muc)
- Sanskritमोक्ष् (mokṣ)
- Sanskritमोक्ष (mokṣa)
- Englishmoksha
Borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa, “liberation”).
More words from Sanskrit
Full word history & related roots →Moksha · proper noun, noun
- Mokshaмокша“a Moksha person”
- EnglishMoksha
From Moksha мокша (mokša, “a Moksha person”).
More words from Moksha
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حُرِّيَّة
- حُرِّيَّة (ḥurriyya)liberation — see also mukti
Basque mokxa
- mokxalanguage
Bengali মোক্ষ
- মোক্ষ (mōkkho)liberation — see also mukti
Bulgarian мъкша́нски
- мъкша́нски (măkšánski)language
Chinese Mandarin 解脫 /解脱, 莫克沙語 /莫克沙语
- 解脫 /解脱 (jiětuō)liberation — see also mukti
- 莫克沙語 /莫克沙语 (Mòkèshāyǔ)language
Dutch Moksha
- Mokshalanguage
Estonian mokša
- mokšalanguage
Finnish mokša
- mokšalanguage
French mokcha
- mokchalanguage
German Moksha, Mokscha
- Mokshaliberation — see also mukti
- Mokschalanguage
Hindi मोक्ष
- मोक्ष (mokṣ)liberation — see also mukti
Hungarian moksa, moksa
- moksalanguage
- moksaa member of the people who speak this language
Italian moksha, moxel
- mokshalanguage
- moxellanguage
Japanese 解脱, モクシャ語
- 解脱 (gedatsu)liberation — see also mukti
- モクシャ語 (Mokusha-go)language
Korean 해탈
- 해탈 (haetal)liberation — see also mukti
Polish moksza, język moksza
- mokszaliberation — see also mukti
- język mokszalanguage
- Mokszanina member of the people who speak this language
- Mokszankaa member of the people who speak this language
Portuguese moksha
- mokshalanguage
Punjabi ਮੋਕਸ਼
- ਮੋਕਸ਼ (mokaś)liberation — see also mukti
Russian мо́кша, мокша́нский
- мо́кша (mókša)liberation — see also mukti
- мокша́нский (mokšánskij)language
- мокшанин (mokšanin)a member of the people who speak this language
- мокшанка (mokšanka)a member of the people who speak this language
Spanish moksha, moxel
- mokshalanguage
- moxellanguage
Swedish moksja
- moksjalanguage
Thai โมกษะ
- โมกษะ (môok-sà)liberation — see also mukti
Turkish Mokşanca
- Mokşancalanguage
Ukrainian мокша́нська
- мокша́нська (mokšánsʹka)language
Vietnamese giải thoát
- giải thoátliberation — see also mukti
Cite this entry
moksha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moksha
“moksha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moksha. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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