mukti
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mukti
Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1775–85
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That is pantheistic salvation, mukti, or deliverance from further human existences and their desires and delusions.
From New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments by John Morrison
This constant adjuration to sink the self into The Absolute, is what has given rise to so much difference of interpretation as to the meaning of mukti, liberation.
From Cosmic Consciousness by Alexander J. (Alexander James) McIvor-Tyndall
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 Surendranath Dasgupta
While we are on this point we must again emphasize the truth that cosmic consciousness cannot be gained by prescription; there is no royal road to mukti.
From Cosmic Consciousness by Alexander J. (Alexander James) McIvor-Tyndall
It gives mukti to the yogis and bondage to the fools.
From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe
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