samsara
pronunciation
How to pronounce samsara in British English:
UK [səm'sɑ:rə]
How to pronounce samsara in American English:
US [səm'sɑrə]
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- Noun:
- (Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth
Word Origin
- samsara (n.)
- "endless cycle of death and rebirth, transmigration of souls," 1886, from Sanskrit samsara "a wandering through," from sam-, prefix denoting completeness (from the root of same), + sr- "to run, glide," from PIE root *ser- (2) "to flow" (see serum).
Example
- 1. Tit : then why should I break free from samsara ?
- 2. Samsara and karma are not doctrines specific to buddhism .
- 3. Padmasambhava grew up to gradually realize about the unsatisfactory nature of existence , which led to his renunciation of both kingdom and family in order to teach the dharma to those entangled in samsara .
- 4. Human 's life is the innumerable samsara .
- 5. A samsara wilderness of rain .