जीवनमुक्ति jīvanmukti

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919	On this site
c	ch
ś	śh
ṣ	ṣh
r̥	r̥i

A few reading pointers:

ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

phil. [“deliverance in this life”] state of liberation, ultimate goal of yoga.
(Vedanta) Liberation in the present state of life, a secondary sort of liberation which conducts the soul after death to live with Brahma not however divested of a subtile corporeal frame.
(Bābā) Liberation in life (in the age of union with God, or in the golden and silver ages)

Usual translation

liberation-in-life

Origin of the definition

जीवन jīvan (sanskrit)

Life, animation, existence.

jivan-mukta ie jivat+mukta adj & sm Exonerated whilst living from future birth or transmigration and all ritual ceremonies one who is so exonerated jivan-mukti sf Liberation in the present state of life in the Vedanta system a secondary sort of liberation which conducts the soul after death to live with Brahma not however divested of a subtile corporeal frame

मुक्ति mukti (sanskrit)

Liberation, freedom; deliverance.
Final deliverance, salvation.