jivanmukta

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) जीवन्मुक्ति (jīvan-mukti)

Noun

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jivanmukta (plural jivanmuktas)

  1. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 333: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Hinduism" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. A person who, in the Advaita philosophy of Hinduism, has attained nirvikalpa samadhi — the realization of the Self, Parasiva — and is liberated from rebirth while living in a human body.
  2. A liberated being (not necessarily paramukta).