輪廻 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- metempsychosis noun Transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death.
- reincarnation noun The rebirth of a soul into a new body after death.
Senses
輪廻 is used for these senses in English:
- metempsychosis Transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death. [from 16th c.]
- reincarnation A rebirth of a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body.
- samsara (philosophy, religion) In Jainism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and some other eastern religions, the ongoing cycle of birth, death, and rebirth endured by human beings and all other mortal beings, and from which release is obtained by achieving the highest enlightenment.
reincarnation — full definition
- noun The rebirth of a soul into a new body after death.
- noun A greatly improved new version of something.