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Moksha, also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti, is a term in Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release. In its soteriological and es
Gajendra Moksha (pictured) is a symbolic tale in Vaishnavism. The elephant Gajendra enters a lake where a crocodile (Huhu) clutches his leg and becomes his suffering. Despite his pain, Gajendra constantly remembers Vishnu, who then liberates him. Gajendra symbolically represents human beings, Huhu represents sins, and the lake is saṃsāra.
Muktinath Temple ('Lord of liberation or Moksha) at Mustang, Nepal - a pilgrimage place for Hindus and Buddhists.
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Nirvana, in the Indian religions, is the concept of an individual's passions being extinguished as the ultimate state of salvation, release, or liberation from suffering and from the cycle of birth an
Moksha
…mokṣa), also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti, is a term in Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release. In its soteriological and eschatological senses, it refers to freedom from saṃsāra, the cycle of death and rebirth. In its epistemological…
Traditional mural painting depicting Gautama Buddha entering parinirvana. Dharma assembly pavilion, Wat Botum Wattey Reacheveraram, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Kalpasutra folio on Mahavira Nirvana. Note the crescent shaped Siddhashila, a place where all siddhas reside after nirvana.
Rishabhanatha, believed to have lived millions of years ago, was the first Tirthankara to attain nirvana.