"samsara" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sʌmˈsɑɹə/ [General-American] Forms: samsaras [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sa|संसार}} Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} samsara (countable and uncountable, plural samsaras)
  1. (philosophy, religion) In Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and some other eastern religions, the ongoing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth endured by human beings and all other mortal beings, and from which release is obtained by achieving the highest enlightenment. Wikipedia link: samsara Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy, Religion Synonyms: saṃsāra Related terms: reincarnation, metempsychosis, transmigration Translations (cycle of reincarnation): संसार (sansār) (Bhojpuri), 輪迴 (Chinese Cantonese), 轮回 (leon⁴ wui⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 輪迴 (Chinese Mandarin), 轮回 (lúnhuí) (Chinese Mandarin), sansaro (Esperanto), samsara (Finnish), samsara [masculine] (French), samsâra [masculine] (French), სამსარა (samsara) (Georgian), სანსარა (sansara) (Georgian), Samsara [neuter] (German), σαμσάρα (samsára) [feminine] (Greek), संसार (sansār) (Hindi), szamszára (Hungarian), szanszára (Hungarian), samsara [masculine] (Irish), 輪廻 (rinne) (Japanese), សង្សារ (sɑɑsɑngsaa) (Khmer), 윤회 (yunhoe) (alt: 輪迴) (Korean), ສັງສາລະວັດ (sang sā la wat) (Lao), संसार (sausār) (Marathi), сансар (sansar) (Mongolian), संसार (sansār) (Nepali), samsara [feminine] (Polish), санса́ра (sansára) [feminine] (Russian), самса́ра (samsára) [feminine] (Russian), संसार (saṃsāra) (Sanskrit), самса̀ра [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), samsàra [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), සංසාරය (saṁsāraya) (Sinhalese), சம்சாரம் (camcāram) (Tamil), பிறவிச்சுழற்சி (piṟaviccuḻaṟci) (Tamil), สงสาร (sǒng-sǎan) (Thai), འཁོར་བ། ('khor ba) (Tibetan), санса́ра (sansára) [feminine] (Ukrainian), самса́ра (samsára) [feminine] (Ukrainian), سنسار (sansār) (Urdu), luân hồi (alt: 輪迴) (Vietnamese)

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          "human being"
        ],
        [
          "mortal",
          "mortal"
        ],
        [
          "enlightenment",
          "enlightenment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philosophy, religion) In Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and some other eastern religions, the ongoing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth endured by human beings and all other mortal beings, and from which release is obtained by achieving the highest enlightenment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "lifestyle",
        "philosophy",
        "religion",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "samsara"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sʌmˈsɑɹə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "saṃsāra"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bho",
      "lang": "Bhojpuri",
      "roman": "sansār",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "संसार"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "輪迴"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "leon⁴ wui⁴",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "轮回"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "輪迴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lúnhuí",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "轮回"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "sansaro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "samsara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samsara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samsâra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "samsara",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "სამსარა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sansara",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "სანსარა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Samsara"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "samsára",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σαμσάρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sansār",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "संसार"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "szamszára"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "szanszára"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samsara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rinne",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "輪廻"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sɑɑsɑngsaa",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "សង្សារ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "輪迴",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yunhoe",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "윤회"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sang sā la wat",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "ສັງສາລະວັດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "sausār",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "संसार"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "sansar",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "сансар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "sansār",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "संसार"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samsara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sansára",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "санса́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "samsára",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "самса́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "saṃsāra",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "संसार"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "самса̀ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samsàra"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "saṁsāraya",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "සංසාරය"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "camcāram",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "சம்சாரம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "piṟaviccuḻaṟci",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "பிறவிச்சுழற்சி"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǒng-sǎan",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "สงสาร"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "'khor ba",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "འཁོར་བ།"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sansára",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "санса́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samsára",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "самса́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "sansār",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "سنسار"
    },
    {
      "alt": "輪迴",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cycle of reincarnation",
      "word": "luân hồi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "samsara"
}

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