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Reincarnation vs Moksha - What's the difference?

reincarnation | moksha |

As nouns the difference between reincarnation and moksha

is that reincarnation is a rebirth of a mental capacity, such as a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body while moksha is in Indian philosophy and theology, the final liberation of the soul or consciousness from samsara and the bringing to an end of all the suffering involved in being subject to the cycle of reincarnation.

As a proper noun Moksha is

a language of the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family, spoken by about 428,000 people in the western and southern parts of Mordovia, a dependent republic within Russia, and the adjacent regions of Tambov, Penza, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Saratov, Tatarstan, Buguruslan and Bashkortostan.

reincarnation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rebirth of a mental capacity, such as a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body
  • The idea of such a rebirth, a specific belief or doctrine on how such a rebirth occurs
  • A fresh embodiment
  • A new, considerably improved, version
  • Synonyms

    * rebirth (1, and to some extent 2)

    See also

    * rebirth * transmigration

    moksha

    English

    (Moksha language)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A language of the Finnic branch of the Uralic language family, spoken by about 428,000 people in the western and southern parts of Mordovia, a dependent republic within Russia, and the adjacent regions of Tambov, Penza, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Saratov, Tatarstan, Buguruslan and Bashkortostan.