n. Hinduism & Buddhism The eternal cycle of birth, suffering, death, and rebirth. [Sanskrit saṃsāraḥ, course of life, samsara : sam, together; see sem-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + sarati, it flows.] |
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