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

[Sanskrit saṃsāraḥ, course of life, samsara : sam, together; see sem- in Indo-European roots + sarati, it flows.]


1. (Hinduism) Hinduism the endless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth
2. (Hinduism) Buddhism the transmigration or rebirth of a person
[Sanskrit, literally: a passing through, from sam altogether + sarati it runs]


(səmˈsɑr ə)

1. (in Buddhism) the process of coming into existence as a differentiated, mortal creature.
2. (in Hinduism) the endless series of births, deaths, and rebirths to which all beings are subject.
[1885–90; < Skt samsāra literally, running together]


The endless cycle of life, death, and rebirth governed by law and karma.
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Noun1.samsara - (Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and suffering and death and rebirth
Hindooism, Hinduism - a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils
cycle - a periodically repeated sequence of events; "a cycle of reprisal and retaliation"
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