मोक मोक्षक

मोक्ष

मोक्ष [मोक्ष्-घञ्]
1 Liberation, release, escape, freedom; साऽधुना तव बंधे मोक्षे च प्रभवति K.; Me. 61; लब्ध- मोक्षाः शुकादयः R. 17. 20; धुर्याणां च धुरो मोक्षं 17. 19.
2 Rescue, deliverance, delivery.
3 Final emancipation, deliverance of the soul from recurring births or transmigration, the last of the four ends of human existence; see अर्थ; धर्मार्थकाममोक्षा- णां यस्यैकोऽपि न विद्यते । अजागलस्तन- स्येव तस्य जन्म निरर्थकं ॥; Bg. 5. 28, 18. 30; R. 10. 84; Ms. 6. 35.
4 Death.
5 Falling down, dropping down, falling off; वनस्थलीर्मर्मरपत्रमो- क्षाः Ku. 3. 31.
6 Loosening, untying, unbinding; वेणिमोक्षोत्सुकानि Me. 99.
7 Shedding, causing to fall down or flow; बाष्पमोक्ष, अश्रुमोक्ष.
8 Shooting, casting, discharging; बा- णमोक्षः Ś. 3. 5.
9 Scattering, strewing.
10 Acquittance or discharge of an obligation (debt &c.).
11 (In astr.) The liberation of an eclipsed planet, the end of an eclipse.
12 N. of a tree (पाटलि).
−Comp.
−उ- पायः a means of obtaining final emancipation.
−देवः an epithet applied to Hiouen Thsang, the celebrated Chinese traveller.
−द्वारं the sun.
−पुरी an epithet of the town called कांची.

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