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Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Oxford Academic: Homo Ritualis: Hindu Ritual and Its Significance to Ritual Theory

Vimoka (विमोक) refers to “dismissal (of the praṇītā)”, and represents one of the traditional marriage rituals, according to Dadhirāma Marāsini’s 19th century Vivāhapaddhati (part of his Karmakāṇḍabhāskara) which is based on the Pāraskara-Gṛhyasūtra, a domestic manual in the Mādhyandina school of the Vājasaneyisaṃhitā.—If performed traditionally, high caste marriages among the Parbatiyas (Parbates/Paharis/Pahadis) or Indo-Nepalese people in Nepal are normally executed by following the course of events as presented in marriage manuals. The Praṇītā-vimoka rite is mentioned under the header called Concluding rites (homa, etc.).

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

Source: Pondicherry University: Consciousness in Viśiṣṭādvaita and Dvaita

Vimoka (विमोक) refers to “mental detachment” and represents one of the seven moral and spiritual disciplines (sādhana-saptaka), according to the religious practices of Rāmānuja’s ethics (sādhanās) for attaining liberation.—Mental Detachment (vimoka) involves detachment for empirical phenomenon or overcoming passions like anger, sexuality, jealousy, etc., because these restrict devotion (bhakti). [...] Rāmānuja emphasizes that persistent and sincere practise of these ethical disciplines [e.g., vimoka], together with detachment, discrimination, and performance of one’s duties, practise of attention and constant contemplation on God, will purify the mind of an aspirant and produce competence for realizing God as one’s inner self.

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Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vimoka (विमोक).—[masculine] unharnessing, loosening, release etc. = vimukti.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vimoka (विमोक):—[=vi-moka] [from vi-muc] m. unyoking, unbending, cessation, termination, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] letting go, abandoning, giving up, [Agni-purāṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] deliverance from ([ablative] or [compound]), [Nyāyamālā-vistara [Scholiast or Commentator]]

4) [v.s. ...] liberation from sensuality or worldly objects, [Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vimoka in German

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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: Moka, Vi.

Starts with: Vimokam.

Ends with: Pranitavimoka, Vajravimoka.

Full-text: Vimokam, Vimokya, Vimoktri, Ayatayamata, Vimoktavya, Sadhana.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Vimoka, Vi-moka; (plurals include: Vimokas, mokas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Brahma Sutras (Ramanuja) (by George Thibaut)

The Small Siddhanta < [First Adhyaya, First Pada]

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The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha (by E. B. Cowell)

Chapter IV - The Rāmānuja System

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