Samsarin, Saṃsārī, Saṃsārin, Saṃsari, Samsari: 20 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
1. Yoga
In Buddhism
1. Mahayana
In Jainism
1. General definition
Languages
1. Pali
2. Marathi
3. Sanskrit
4. Hindi
5. Prakrit
6. Kannada
See also

Introduction:

Samsarin means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil. 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.

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Saṃsārin (संसारिन्) refers to “one who is bound by birth and death”, according to the Prāṇatoṣiṇī (Arthakāṇḍa p. 333).—Accordingly, “Mind alone is the cause of people’s bondage or freedom. Simply by restraining it, one never becomes one bound by birth and death (saṃsārin)”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Saṃsārin (संसारिन्) refers to “transmigrating”, according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 1.—Accordingly: [...] If the Bodhisattva were able to walk and talk as soon as he was born, people would say: “This man that we see is extraordinary, he must be a god, a nāga or a demon. The doctrine which he professes is certainly not within our reach. Transmigrating (saṃsārin) and fleshly beings as we are, in the grasp of the activities of the fetters, we do not have the capacity for it; who among us could attain such a profound Dharma?”

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 2: the Category of the living

Saṃsārī (संसारी, “empirical”) refers to one of the two types of jīva (sentients, soul), according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra 2.10.—What is the meaning of empirical (saṃsārī) soul? The pure soul bonded with karmas is called empirical soul. Alternatively we can say that the empirical soul is the one that transmigrates.

How many kinds of empirical soul are there? There are two kinds of empirical souls namely with mind (samanaska) and without mind (amanaska). According to their capability of mobility, the empirical souls can be classified in two ways also, namely those with mobile bodies (trasa) and others with stationery bodies (sthāvara).

Source: SOAS Research Online: Prekṣā meditation: History and Methods

Saṃsārī (संसारी) refers to “restrained souls”; as opposed to Asaṃsārī—“liberated souls” which refers to one of the 46 qualities of the soul to be meditated on in the “Practice of Meditation on Liberated Souls (Siddhas)”, according to Jain texts like Ācārāṅga (5.6.123-140), Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama (13.5.4.31) and Samayasāra (1.49).—The pure soul can be recognised by meditation on its true nature, represented by the liberated souls of the Siddhas. [...] The qualities of the soul to be meditated on as truly mine are: [e.g., My soul is a liberated soul (a-saṃsārī)] [...] The meditation on such extended fourty-five qualities of the pure soul presents the niśacaya-naya, which is aligned with Kundakunda’s approach.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

saṃsari : (aor. of saṃsarati) moved about continuously; transmigrated.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

Saṃsārī (संसारी).—a (saṃsāra) That has the cares of a family or of worldly occupations; that is engaged in the business and exposed to the troubles of public life; worldly or secular; as opp, to ascetic or recluse.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

Saṃsārī (संसारी).—a That has the cares of a family; secular.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃsārin (संसारिन्).—a. (-ṇī f.) Mundane, worldly, transmigratory. -m.

1) A sentient being, creature.

2) The embodied spirit, individual soul. (jīvātman).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Saṃsarin (संसरिन्).—adj. (m.c. for Sanskrit °sārin), involved in the round of rebirths: saṃsāre bahukāla-saṃsarī (n. pl.; no v.l.) duḥkhamūle (read dukha°) Lalitavistara 324.17 (verse).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃsārin (संसारिन्).—mfn. (-rī-riṇī-ri) Worldly, mundane. m. (-rī) An animal or sentient being. E. saṃsāra the world, ini aff.

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

Saṃsārin (संसारिन्).—i. e. saṃsāra + in, I. adj., f. iṇī, Mundane, worldly. Ii. m. An animal or sentient being, a man, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 140, 9.

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

Saṃsārin (संसारिन्).—[adjective] stretching far, comprising (intelligence); attached to mundane existence.

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

1) Saṃsārin (संसारिन्):—[=saṃ-sārin] [from saṃ-sṛ] mfn. moving far and wide, extensive, comprehensive (as intellect), [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] transmigratory, attached to mundane existence (ri-tva n.), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Vedāntasāra; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha]

3) [v.s. ...] worldly, mundane, mixing with society, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] m. a living or sentient being, animal, creature, man (with sva, ‘a relative’), [Śāntiśataka; Mālatīmādhava; Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan]

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

Saṃsārin (संसारिन्):—[(rī-riṇī-ri) m.] An animal or sentient being.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Saṃsārin (संसारिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Saṃsāri, Saṃsāriṇa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Samsarin 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Saṃsārī (संसारी) [Also spelled sansari]:—(nm and a) a mortal being; belonging to the world, mundane.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Saṃsāri (संसारि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Saṃsārin.

Saṃsāri has the following synonyms: Saṃsāriṇa.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Saṃsāri (ಸಂಸಾರಿ):—

1) [adjective] passing into another body at death; transmigrating.

2) [adjective] of or limited to this world; temporal or secular (as opp. to spiritual); earthly; worldly.

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Saṃsāri (ಸಂಸಾರಿ):—

1) [noun] the immortal entity or principle that is common in all living beings; the soul.

2) [noun] a man who is engaged completely in the worldly life and being blind to, negligent of the spirituality; a man having a family and leading a normal worldly life.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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