Jivanmukta, 闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补, Jivan-mukta, Jivat-mukta, Jivamukta: 21 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い) refers to a 鈥渁 living liberated soul鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺-m膩h膩tmya 1.34-35.鈥斺�渢his divine Pur膩峁嘺 of seven 蝉补峁僪颈迟腻蝉 and called after 艢iva stands on an equal footing with Brahman (i.e. Vedic Texts) and accords an achievement that is superior to everything else. He who reads the entire 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 without omitting any of the seven 蝉补峁僪颈迟腻蝉 can be called a 闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (a living liberated soul)鈥�.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
: Shodhganga: Siva Gita A Critical Study1) 闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い) refers to 鈥渓iberated soul鈥�.鈥擮ne who has attained 苍颈谤惫颈办补濒辫补-蝉补尘腻诲丑颈鈥攔ealization of the self, Para艣iva鈥攁nd is liberated from rebirth while living in human body. (Contrasted with videhamukta鈥攐ne liberated at the point of death.)
2) 闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い) or 闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补g墨t膩 refers to one of the sixty-four G墨t膩s commonly referred to in Hindu scriptures.鈥擥墨t膩 is the name given to certain sacred writings in verse (often in the form of a dialogue) which are devoted to the exposition of particular religious and theosophical doctrines. Most of these G墨t膩s [i.e., 闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补-g墨t膩] originate from the Mah膩bh膩rata or the various Pur膩峁嘺s.
: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い) refers to 鈥渙ne liberated while still alive鈥�, according to the A峁ａ弓膩vakrag墨t膩 (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Ved膩nta topics.鈥擜ccordingly, [as A峁ａ弓avakra says to Janaka]: 鈥淸...] There is no religion, wealth, sensuality or discrimination for a Yog墨 free from the pairs of opposites such as 鈥業 have done this鈥� and 鈥業 have not done that鈥�. There is nothing needing to be done, or any attachment in his heart for the Yog墨 liberated while still alive (箩墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补). Things are just for a life-time. [yath膩 j墨vanameveha 箩墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补sya yogina岣�] [...]鈥�.
Vedanta (啶掂啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶�, ved膩nta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Pure Bhakti: Brhad Bhagavatamrtam闯墨惫补尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂ぎ啷佮啷嵿い) refers to:鈥擮ne who is liberated from material existence even in this world. (cf. Glossary page from 艢r墨 B峁沨ad-bh膩gavat膩m峁泃a).
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い) refers to one who is 鈥渓iberated while living鈥�, according to the Manth膩nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩. Accordingly, 鈥淥 Bhairava, the householder (驳峁沨补蝉迟丑补) shrouded by M膩y膩 does not possess accomplishment in the home and he does not attain worldly benefits (bhukti) or liberation (there). (But) those who are devoted to the worship of the Vidy膩, intent on that, their mind (given solely to) that are without a doubt, liberated while living (箩墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补) in this world of living beings. O god, once they have gone to either the First Seat, P奴r峁嘺giryaka, the one called J膩la or the venerable K膩mar奴paka;they certainly achieve the goal and they have no troubles鈥�.
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions (shaktism)闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い) refers to 鈥�(one who is) liberated in life鈥�, according to S膩hib Kaul鈥檚 艢膩rik膩strotra.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] He who recites your syllable with pure heart and proper devotion, O 艢膩rik膩, which consists of abja and 惫补办迟谤补惫峁泃迟补, in his mouth a fully developed voice stays, which has the beauty of unfolding through various good emotions. He who recites your syllable, consisting of abja and 惫补办迟谤补惫峁泃迟补, and called 补蝉迟丑测腻迟尘腻, O 艢膩rik膩, is liberated in life (箩墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补) and, enjoying supreme bhogas, will later dissolve in your state, O Bhav膩n墨. [...]鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
: Brill: 艢aivism and the Tantric Traditions闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い) [=闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补t膩?] refers to 鈥�(the state of) liberation-in-life鈥�, according to the 莫艣varapratyabhij帽膩vimar艣in墨 (KSTS vol. 65, 330).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] Thus, due to practicing [this insight], the qualities of His consciousness, which are aspects of 艢akti, fully penetrate [those various levels], causing the [various] powers to arise. But even without practice, in the [rare] case of an instantaneous immersion into That, one obtains the state of liberation-in-life (箩墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补t膩-l膩bha) through the process of the direct experience of [the Five Mystic States]: Bliss, Ascent, Trembling, Sleep, and 鈥榃hirling,鈥� which means Pervasion鈥�.
Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Yoga (school of philosophy)
: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い) refers to 鈥渂ecoming liberated while alive鈥�, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.鈥擜ccordingly, as 莫艣vara says to V膩madeva: 鈥淸...] [Just as Arjuna's] fist [aimed his bow] upwards [at the Yantra], [yet] his gaze was [on R膩dh膩鈥檚 reflection in a bowl of oil] below; his piercing [of the target] was above, [yet] his head was [tilted] down, [just so the yogin practises 艢膩mbhav墨 Mudr膩.] He will become liberated while alive (箩墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补) by [this] method of [gazing down at] R膩dh膩 and [aiming upwards at the] Yantra. [...]鈥�.
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 膩sanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
General definition (in Hinduism)
: WikiPedia: HinduismJivanamukti i.e. freedom from the vicious cycle of birth and rebirth, is a concept in Hindu philosophy, particularly in the school of philosophy known as Advaita. The ultimate goal of Hinduism is liberation from the cycles of rebirth. This liberation is technically called moksha. Jivanmukta is derived from the word, Jivanmukti, a combination of Sanskrit words jiva and mukti.
Shankara explains that nothing can induce one to act who has no desire of his own to satisfy. The supreme limit of vairagya ("detachment"), is the non-springing of vasanas in respect of enjoyable objects; the non-springing of the sense of the 鈥淚鈥� (in things which are the anatman) is the extreme limit of bodha ("awakening"), and the non-springing again of the modifications which have ceased is the extreme limit of Uparati ("abstinence"). The Jivanmukta, by reason of his ever being Brahman, is freed from awareness of external objects and no longer aware of any difference between the inner atman and Brahman and between Brahman and the world, ever experiencing infinite consciousness, to him the world is as a thing forgotten. Vijnatabrahmatattvasya yathapurvam na samsrtih – "there is no samsara as before for one who has known Brahman".
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary箩墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い).鈥攁 S Purified by Divine knowledge, and exonerated whilst living from future births and from all ceremonies and rites at present; emancipated although in the body. 2 Absorbed in Divine contemplation.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English箩墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い).鈥�a Emancipated whilst in the body, exonerated whilst living from future births and from all ceremonies and rites at present. Absorbed in Divine contemplation.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い).鈥�a. 'liberated while living', a man who, being purified by a true knowledge of the Supreme Spirit, is freed from the future birth and all ceremonial rites while yet living.
闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 箩墨惫补迟 and mukta (啶啶曕啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い).鈥攎.
(-办迟补岣�) A man purified by knowledge of Bramha, and exonerated whilst living from future birth, and all ritual caremonies. E. 箩墨惫补苍补, and mukta freed. j墨vanneva mukta岣� .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い).鈥擺adjective] liberated in life, [abstract] kti [feminine]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い):鈥擺=箩墨惫补苍-尘耻办迟补] [from j墨van > j墨v] mfn. emancipated while still alive (id est. liberated before death from all liability to future births), [Kapila鈥檚 S膩峁僰hya-pravacana iii, 78; Ved膩ntas膩ra; Sarvadar艣ana-sa峁僩raha]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い):鈥擺箩墨惫补-苍尘耻办迟补] (kta岣�) a. One entitled to freedom from any other birth.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (啶溹啶掂え啷嵿ぎ啷佮啷嵿い):鈥�(a) freed from worldly bonds in life, liberated; ~[kti] freedom from worldly bonds in life, liberation.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 (嗖溹硛嗖掂波喑嵿伯喑佮矔喑嵿菠):鈥擺noun] a man who has attained liberation from the worldly bonds and from future births, by acquiring true spiritual knowledge, while still alive.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
In Sikkhism
General definition (in Sikkhism)
: Sikhi Wiki: SikhismJIVAN-MUKTA in Sikhism the ideal and aim or objective of man鈥檚 spiritual life. The term is derived from jivan-mukti (jivan=life; mukti=release, liberation, emancipation freedom from bondage), and means one who has attained liberation from human bondage or one who has attained to the highest spiritual state of being in tune with the Ultimate while still living. The idea of mukti is encountered, with some conceptual variations, in practically all religious faiths, e.g. moksa in Hinduism, nirvana in Buddhism, Nijat in Islam and salvation in Christianity. The belief underlying the concept of mukti is, that the soul, a particle of the Supreme Soul, is, while embedded in the physical frame, in a state of viyog or separation and longs for sanyog or reunion with its source, which for it is the supreme bliss.
If the body is the cause of the soul's bondage, it is clear that its release essentially involves its separation from the earthly cage, meaning death; and that is how it is generally understood. In the Indian context mukti means deliverance of the human soul from the cycle of birth, death and rebirth to which it is destined in consequence of its past and present karma (actions, deeds). Various ways, such as spiritual knowledge (jnana marg) disinterested service, ritualism (karma marg), austerities (hath yoga) and devotion to God (bhakti marg) are suggested to break the incarnation cycle.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Jivat, Mukta, Jiva.
Starts with: Jivanmuktagita, Jivanmuktalakshana, Jivanmuktar, Jivanmuktata, Jivanmuktavastha.
Full-text (+24): Jivanmuktalakshana, Jivanmuktagita, Jivanmuktavastha, Jivanmuktar, Jivavimukta, Jivanmukti, Civanmuttar, Akashadharana, Guru, Prarabdhakarma, Sadashivendra Sarasvati, Paranandasutra, Muttan, Shriparvata, Shrimallikarjuna, Jivanmuktata, Radhayantra, Vidyeshvara, Rudrasamhita, Vayaviya.
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Sivaprakasam (Study in Bondage and Liberation) (by N. Veerappan)
Greatness of liberated self < [Chapter 7 - Liberation]
Mukti possible with body in worldly life < [Chapter 7 - Liberation]
Divine Help of Pancaksara < [Chapter 6 - Means to Release]
The concept of Yoga in Yoga Upanishads (by Philomina T.L)
4.4. The Concepts of 闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 and Videhamukta < [Chapter 5 - Textual Analysis]
13. The four stages of Yoga < [Chapter 4 - The contents of the Yogopani峁ds]
18.2. The Concept of Pra峁嘺va < [Chapter 4 - The contents of the Yogopani峁ds]
Yogashikha Upanishad (critical study) (by Sujatarani Giri)
Part 5.2 - Synonyms of 鈥淪am膩dhi鈥� < [Chapter 6 - Yogic psychology in Yoga艣ikha-upani峁d]
Part 5.1 - Concept of J墨vanmukti鈥擨ntroduction < [Chapter 2 - Ved膩nta philosophy and Upani峁dic ideas]
Part 2.1f - 膧j帽膩 cakra (The brow centre) < [Chapter 5 - Nature of Yoga practice in Upani峁d]
Laghu-yoga-vasistha (by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar)
Part 9 - The Story of V墨thahavya < [Chapter V - Upa峁Ｄ乶ti-prakara峁嘺]
Part 1 - The story of 艢uka < [Chapter I - Vair膩gya-prakara峁嘺]
Part 7 - The Story of the Vet膩la (Goblin) < [Chapter VI - Nirv膩峁嘺-prakara峁嘺]
Shankaracharya and Ramana Maharshi (study) (by Maithili Vitthal Joshi)
Chapter 3.4(b) - Types of Mok峁 (according to Rama峁嘺 Mahar峁)
Prasthanatrayi Swaminarayan Bhashyam (Study) (by Sadhu Gyanananddas)
6.2. Is J墨vanamukti Possible While living? < [Chapter 5 - Analysis on the basis of Soteriology]
6.3. Why Does the 闯墨惫补苍尘耻办迟补 Live on Earth? < [Chapter 5 - Analysis on the basis of Soteriology]
6.1. Experience of J墨vanamukti < [Chapter 5 - Analysis on the basis of Soteriology]
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