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CYCLE OF REBIRTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cycle of rebirth" is a kind of...):
rebirth; reincarnation; renascence (a second or new birth)
Domain category:
Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cycle of rebirth"):
moksa ((Hinduism) release from the cycle of rebirth)