# मोक्ष
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मोक्ष (mokṣa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /moːkʂ/, [moːkʃ]

### Noun

मोक्ष • (mokṣ) m
* (Jainism, Hinduism) moksha (liberation from the cycle of reincarnation)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মোক্ষ (Assamese script)
* ᬫᭀᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
* মোক্ষ (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰺𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
* မောက္ၑ (Burmese script)
* મોક્ષ (Gujarati script)
* ਮੋਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑍋𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂷𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
* ಮೋಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
* មោក្ឞ (Khmer script)
* ໂມກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
* മോക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠣᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘻𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠣᠸᠠᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧜𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑑀𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
* ମୋକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
* ꢪꣂꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆾𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖺𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
* මොක්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩕𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚴𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
* மோக்ஷ (Tamil script)
* మోక్ష (Telugu script)
* โมกฺษ (Thai script)
* མོ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒼𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨆𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root मोक्ष् (mokṣ, “to free one's self”) +‎ -अ (-a).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /mɐwk.ʂɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmoːk.ʂɐ/

### Noun

मोक्ष • (mokṣa) stem, m (root मोक्ष्)
* (Jainism, Hinduism) emancipation, liberation, release from; moksha
* release from worldly existence or transmigration, final or eternal emancipation
* death
* name of particular sacred hymns conducive to final emancipation
* (astronomy) the liberation of an eclipsed or occulted planet, the last contact or separation of the eclipsed and eclipsing bodies, end of an eclipse
* falling off or down. (compare गर्भ-)
* effusion
* setting free, deliverance (of a prisoner)
* loosing, untying (hair)
* settling (a question)
* acquittance of an obligation, discharge of a debt (compare रिण-)
* shedding or causing to flow (tears, blood etc.)
* casting, shooting, hurling
* strewing, scattering
* utterance (of a curse)
* relinquishment, abandonment
* name of the Divine mountain मेरु
* Schrebera swietenioides L.

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀔 (mokha /⁠mokkha⁠/), 𐨨𐨆𐨐𐨿𐨮 (mokṣa)
** Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔 (mŏkkha), 𑀫𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔 (mukkha)
*** Central Indo-Aryan:
**** Old Awadhi: मोखू (mokhū)
*** Insular Indo-Aryan:
**** Sinhalese: මොක් (mok)
*** Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
**** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਮੋਖ (mokh)
    Shahmukhi script: موکھ (mokh)
**** Saraiki: موکھ (mokh)
**** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: موکُ (mokhu), موکَ (mokha)
    Devanagari script: मोखु (mokhu), मोख (mokha)
*** Western Indo-Aryan:
**** Gujarati: મોખ (mokh)
* Pali: mokkha

##### Borrowed terms

* → Bengali: মোক্ষ (mōkkho)
* → English: moksha
* → Gujarati: મોક્ષ (mokṣ)
* → Hindi: मोक्ष (mokṣ)
* → Javanese: ꦩꦺꦴꦏ꧀ꦱ (moksa), moksa
* → Kannada: ಮೋಕ್ಷ (mōkṣa)
* → Malayalam: മോക്ഷം (mōkṣaṁ)
* → Nepali: मोक्ष (mokṣa)
* → Odia: ମୋକ୍ଷ (moksha)
* → Punjabi: ਮੋਕਸ਼ (mokaś)
* → Russian: мо́кша (mókša)
* → Tagalog: puksa
* → Tamil: மோட்சம் (mōṭcam)
* → Telugu: మోక్షం (mōkṣaṁ)
* → Thai: โมกษะ (môok-sà)
* → Ukrainian: мо́кша (mókša)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “मोक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 835.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mōkṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 597