Mokshopaya, Mokṣopāya, Moksopaya, Moksha-upaya: 9 definitions
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Mokshopaya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Mokṣopāya can be transliterated into English as Moksopaya or Mokshopaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: WikiPedia: HinduismThe Mokṣopāya or Mokṣopāyaśāstra is a Sanskrit philosophical text on salvation for non-ascetics (mokṣa-upāya: 'means to release'), written on the Pradyumna hill in Śrīnagar in the 10th century AD. It has the form of a public sermon and claims human authorship and contains about 30,000 śloka's (making it longer than the Rāmāyaṇa).
The main part of the text forms a dialogue between Vasiṣṭha and Rāma, interchanged with numerous short stories and anecdotes to illustrate the content. This text was later (11th to the 14th century AD) expanded and vedanticized, which resulted in the Yogavāsiṣṭha.
The text of the Mokṣopāya shows that a unique philosophy has been created by the author. It taught a monism ('advaita') that is different from Advaita Vedanta. It makes use of other Darśanas in an inclusive way. The text teaches that the recognition that cognitive objects are non-existent, leads to ultimate detachment, which causes an attitude of "dispassion and non-involvement with worldly things and matters", though still fulfilling one's daily duties and activities.
This liberation is available for everyone, no matter their sex, caste or education, as long as one uses reason and maintains an active life in this world. To reach this liberation, one has to go through three stages:
- rational thinking (vicāra),
- true understanding (jñāna)
- and detachment (vairāgya).
The Mokṣopāya, the “Means to Liberation.” It is equally huge, about 30,000 verses, but it preserves a considerably more original version of the text. The Mokṣopāya is very reminiscent of Gauḍapāda’s Māṇḍūkya-kārikā.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMokṣopāya (मोक्षोपाय).—a means of obtaining final emancipation.
Derivable forms: mokṣopāyaḥ (मोक्षोपायः).
Mokṣopāya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mokṣa and upāya (उपाय).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMokṣopāya (मोक्षोपाय).—m.
(-yaḥ) A sage, a devotee. E. mokṣa emancipation, upāya means.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumMokṣopāya (मोक्षोपाय) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—a name of the Yogavāsisṭha, and Mokṣopāyāsāra of the Laghu Yogavāsiṣṭha by Abhinanda.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mokṣopāya (मोक्षोपाय):—[from mokṣa > mokṣ] m. means of eman°, [Harivaṃśa]
2) [v.s. ...] a sage, saint, devotee (?), [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMokṣopāya (मोक्षोपाय):—[mokṣo+pāya] (yaḥ) 1. m. A sage, a devotee.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Moksha, Upaya.
Starts with: Mokshopayanishcaya, Mokshopayasara, Mokshopayatika.
Full-text (+85): Mokshopayanishcaya, Mokshopayasara, Mokshasadhana, Yoga-vasishtha, Jetum, Dushtamatangaja, Mokshopayatika, Ankusha, Matangaja, Matta, Anindita, Khinna, Pratikalpa, Vidita, Jagadvidita, Agamapaya, Praudhamanasa, Praudha, Dirghayus, Yugagama.
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