Adhimoksha, Adhimokṣa: 6 definitions
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Adhimoksha has 4 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Adhimokṣa can be transliterated into English as Adhimoksa or Adhimoksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAdhimokṣa (अधिमोक्ष):—m. Neigung [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 58.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAdhimokṣa (अधिमोक्ष):—m. buddh. = adhimukti.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Moksha, Adhi, Ati.
Starts with: Adhimokshati.
Ends with: Anadhimoksha.
Full-text: Anadhimoksha, Adhimokshika, Adhimokshati, Samskara, Adhimucyate, Adhimucyati.
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Abhidharmakośa (by Leo M. Pruden)
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