samsara

(səm sä)

noun

Hinduism the continuing cycle in which the same soul is repeatedly reborn

Origin: Sans samsāra, lit., running together < sam-, together (< IE *som-, var. of base *sem- > same) + sara-, fluid (< IE base *ser-, to flow > serum)

See samsara in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Hinduism & Buddhism
The eternal cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth.

Origin:

Origin: Sanskrit saṃsāraḥ, course of life, samsara

Origin: : sam, together; see sem-1 in Indo-European roots

Origin: + sarati, it flows

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