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  2. Glossary of Hinduism terms - Wikipedia

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    It states that one can attain Moksha (salvation) by unselfishly doing his duties. Kartikeya A god born out of a magical spark created by Shiva, his father. God of war, victory, and knowledge. Krishna The eighth avatar of Vishnu, one of the most worshipped by many Hindus. Krishna is famous for his lecture to Arjuna written in the Bhagavad Gita.

  3. Moksha - Wikipedia

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    Moksha (/ ˈ m oʊ k ʃ ə /; [1] Sanskrit: मोक्ष, mokṣa), also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti, [2] is a term in Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release. [3] In its soteriological and eschatological senses, it refers to freedom from saṃsāra, the cycle of ...

  4. Nirvana - Wikipedia

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    Moksha is derived from the root muc* (Sanskrit: मुच्) which means free, let go, release, liberate; Moksha means "liberation, freedom, emancipation of the soul". [ 67 ] [ 68 ] In the Vedas and early Upanishads, the word mucyate ( Sanskrit : मुच्यते ) [ 67 ] appears, which means to be set free or release – such as of a ...

  5. Nirvana (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    Nirvana is used synonymously with moksha (Sanskrit), also vimoksha, or vimutti (Pali), "release, deliverance from suffering". [35] [web 8] [note 5] In the Pali-canon two kinds of vimutti are discerned: [web 8] Ceto-vimutti, freedom of mind; it is the qualified freedom from suffering, attained through the practice of dhyane (meditation, samādhi ...

  6. Moksha (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Moksha Records, an English electronic music record company; Moksha (river), Russia; moksha (with lower-case "m", also called "Jehannum"), a character in Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever; Moksha, a fictional drug in Aldous Huxley's Island; Moksha, the computer desktop environment of Bodhi Linux

  7. Saccidānanda - Wikipedia

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    [24] [3] A Jiva is instructed to identify themselves with the Atman, which is the Brahman in a being, thus the purpose of human birth is to realize "I am Brahman" (Aham Brahmasmi) through Prajna which leads to the state of "ultimate consciousness" referred as sat-chit-ananda and subsequently Moksha, however as long as a being identifies with ...

  8. Trikonasthanas - Wikipedia

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    The 1st house, the 5th house and the 9th house forming a triangle relative to the Ascendant and known as the Dharma-trikonas are auspicious bhavas wherein situated planets gain strength, the benefic planets become more benefic and the malefic planets tend to give good results. The lords of these trikonasthanas are auspicious lords. [5]

  9. Hindu philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Moksha (liberation), it states, is gained through right knowledge. This premise led Nyāya to concern itself with epistemology, that is, the reliable means to gain correct knowledge and to remove wrong notions. False knowledge is not merely ignorance to Naiyayikas; it includes delusion.