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| In [[Indian religion]]s '''''moksha''''' ("liberation") is the liberation from ''[[samsara]]'', the cycle of [[death]] and [[rebirth]]. | In [[Indian religion]]s '''''moksha''''' ("liberation") is the liberation from ''[[samsara]]'', the cycle of [[death]] and [[rebirth]]. | ||
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| + | '''Moksha''' may also refer to: | ||
| + | *[[Moksa (Jainism)]], means liberation, salvation or emancipation of soul | ||
| + | *[[Moksha River]] | ||
| + | *The [[Mokshas|Moksha]] people or Mordvin-Moksha, an ethnic group belonging to the [[Volga Finns|Volgaic]] branch of the [[Finnic peoples]]. | ||
| + | **their [[Moksha language]], one of Finno-Volgaic languages | ||
| + | *Moksha, a drug similar to psilocybin used by the Palanese in Aldous Huxley's ''[[Island (Huxley novel)|Island]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Moksha (UK band)]], a United Kingdom band | ||
| + | *[[Moksha (Indian band)]], an Indian rock band | ||
| + | *[[Moksha (2001 film)|''Moksha'' (2001 film)]], a Bollywood film | ||
| + | *[[Moksha (2011 film)|''Moksha'' (2011 film)]], a Telugu-language film | ||
| + | *[[Moksha (festival)]], the annual inter-college cultural festival of the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), Delhi | ||
| + | *''moksha'' (with lower-case "m", also called "Jehannum"), is the name given to one of the three Ravers in Stephen R. Donaldson's ''[[The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever]]'' | ||
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In Indian religions moksha ("liberation") is the liberation from samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
Moksha may also refer to:
- Moksa (Jainism), means liberation, salvation or emancipation of soul
- Moksha River
- The Moksha people or Mordvin-Moksha, an ethnic group belonging to the Volgaic branch of the Finnic peoples.
- their Moksha language, one of Finno-Volgaic languages
- Moksha, a drug similar to psilocybin used by the Palanese in Aldous Huxley's Island
- Moksha (UK band), a United Kingdom band
- Moksha (Indian band), an Indian rock band
- Moksha (2001 film), a Bollywood film
- Moksha (2011 film), a Telugu-language film
- Moksha (festival), the annual inter-college cultural festival of the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), Delhi
- moksha (with lower-case "m", also called "Jehannum"), is the name given to one of the three Ravers in Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever
See also
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