mukti
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mukti
Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1775–85
Example Sentences
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Though mukti has five connotations, yet its principal meaning is absorption in God.
From Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita by K???ad?sa Kavir?ja Gosv?mi
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
"He who liberates a bull at the Aswamedika place of pilgrimage obtains mukti, that is salvation or an end of his rebirths."
From New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments by Morrison, John
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)
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 McIvor-Tyndall, Alexander J. (Alexander James)
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