/sʌmsɑˈɹʌ/ - [sumsaru] - sam•sa•ra
We found 2 definitions of samsara from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: samsaras |
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samsara - (Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth | ||
cycle a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; "a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons" | ||
hindooism, hinduism a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils |