संसार saṅsār

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. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Cycle of births or states, transmigration.
The world, the universe.
Life in this world, worldly concerns, illusion as to worldly reality.
(Bābā) The corporeal world in which one reincarnates.

Usual translation

world

Origin of the definition

Sansar. world.

S سنسار संसार saṅsār, H. also सन्सार sansār (rt. sṛi with sam), s.m. Transmigration; the world, the universe; mankind; mundane existence; worldly interests or concerns; worldly illusion: — sansār-rūpī, adj. Mundane, worldly, secular,

संसार saṃsāra sansa:r (nm) the world; -चक्र circuit of worldly existence; -बंधन the worldly fetters; —सागर the ocean of the world; —छोड़ना/त्यागना to renounce the world; to depart for the other world; —से उठ जाना/चले जाना/विदा होना to expire.

संसार saṃ-sār [saṁsāra-], m. 1. cycle of births or states, transmigration. 2. transf. the world; the universe. 3. life in this world; worldly concerns; illusion as to worldly reality. — संसार-गमन, m. passing from one birth or state to another, transmigration. संसार-चक्र, m. the cycle of transmigration. संसाररूपी, adj. of this world, secular. संसार-व्यापी, adj. diffused, or extending, or in force throughout the world.