Parimoksha, Parimokṣa: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Parimokṣa can be transliterated into English as Parimoksa or Parimoksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parimokṣa (परिमोक्ष).—

1) Removing, relieving; प्रायो विषाणपरिमोक्षलघूत्तमाङ्गान् खड्गांश्चकार नृपतिर्निशितैः क्षुरप्रैः (prāyo viṣāṇaparimokṣalaghūttamāṅgān khaḍgāṃścakāra nṛpatirniśitaiḥ kṣurapraiḥ) R.9.62 'removing the horns', i. e.. breaking them down.

2) Liberation, setting free, deliverance.

3) Emptying, evacuation.

4) Escape.

5) Final beatitude (nirvāṇa)

Derivable forms: parimokṣaḥ (परिमोक्षः).

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

Parimokṣa (परिमोक्ष).—[pari-mokṣ + a], m. 1. Setting free, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 45, 9 Gorr. 2. Evacuation, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 2, 6, 8. 3. Escaping, Mahābhārata 9, 3192.

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

Parimokṣa (परिमोक्ष).—[masculine] ṇa [neuter] liberation, deliverance.

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

1) Parimokṣa (परिमोक्ष):—[=pari-mokṣa] [from pari-mokṣ] m. setting free, liberation, deliverance, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] removing, relieving, [Raghuvaṃśa ix, 62] ([varia lectio] pari-moṣa)

3) [v.s. ...] emptying, evacuation, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] escape from ([ablative] or [genitive case]), [Mahābhārata]

5) [v.s. ...] final beatitude (= nir-vāṇa), [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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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.

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