mukti
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mukti
Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1775–85
Example Sentences
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Therefore we are justified in assuming that the mere keeping of the commandments will not bring about mukti.
From Cosmic Consciousness by McIvor-Tyndall, Alexander J. (Alexander James)
Even here sorrows have their place that they may lead men to turn from worldly attachment and try for the attainment of the highest good, mukti.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
There is no bliss or happiness in this Sâ@mkhya-Yoga mukti, for all feeling belongs to prak@rti.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
It gives mukti to the yogis and bondage to the fools.
From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Jelliffe, Smith Ely
The state of mukti according to Nyâya-Vais'e@sika is neither a state of pure knowledge nor of bliss but a state of perfect qualitilessness, in which the self remains in itself in its own purity.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Dasgupta, Surendranath
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