English Explanatory Dictionary

jivanmukta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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).

Word forms

jivanmukta jivanmuktas jivanmukti

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit जीवन्मुक्ति (jīvanmukti, “emancipation while still alive”).

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