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{{also|saṃsāra}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}
[[File:EndlessKnot03d.png|thumb|right|Samsara is symbolised in Tibetan Buddhist iconography by the Endless knot.]]

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|saṃsāra}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|sa|संसार}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/sʌmˈsɑɹə/|a=GA}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|philosophy|religion}} In [[Jainism]], [[Hinduism]], [[Buddhism]], and some other eastern religions, the [[ongoing]] [[cycle]] of [[birth]], [[death]], and [[rebirth]] endured by [[human being]]s and all other [[mortal]] beings, and from which release is obtained by achieving the highest [[enlightenment]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1957|editors=[[w:Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan|S. Radhakrishnan]]; C. A. Moore|title=A Sourcebook in Indian Philosophy|publisher=Princeton Univ. Press|page=38
|passage=Until we are released from the law of ''karma'' and reach ''moksha'' or deliverance, we will be in '''''samsara''''' or the time process.}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|cycle of reincarnation}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|संसार}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|輪迴|tr=leon4 wui4}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|輪迴|tr=lúnhuí}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|sansaro}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|samsara}}
* French: {{t+|fr|samsara|m}}, {{t+|fr|samsâra|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|სამსარა}}, {{t|ka|სანსარა}}
* German: {{t|de|Samsara|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σαμσάρα|f}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|संसार}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|szamszára}}, {{t|hu|szanszára}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|samsara|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|輪廻|tr=rinne}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|សង្សារ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|윤회(輪迴)}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ສັງສາລະວັດ}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|संसार}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|сансар}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|संसार}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|samsara|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|санса́ра|f}}, {{t+|ru|самса́ра|f}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|संसार}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|самса̀ра|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|samsàra|f}}
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|සංසාරය}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|சம்சாரம்}}, {{t|ta|பிறவிச்சுழற்சி}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|สงสาร}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|འཁོར་བ།}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|санса́ра|f}}, {{t|uk|самса́ра|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|سنسار|tr=sansār}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|luân hồi}} ({{t|vi|輪迴|sc=Hani}})
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|reincarnation}}
* {{l|en|metempsychosis}}
* {{l|en|transmigration}}

===References===
* ''The Upanishads,'' abridged, translated and edited by {{w|Swami Nikhilananda}}, Harper Torchbooks, 1963, page 379.

===Further reading===
* {{R:OneLook}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aaamrss|asramas|assamar|samaras}}

==Polish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|pl|sansara}}

===Etymology===
{{lbor|pl|sa|संसार}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr}}

===Noun===
{{pl-noun|f}}

# {{lb|pl|philosophy|religion}} {{l|en|samsara}}

====Declension====
{{pl-decl-noun-f}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:PWN}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|samsara}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|f|-}}

# {{l|en|samsara}}

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-f|n=sg}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|sh|sa|संसार}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sh|/samsǎra/}}
* {{hyphenation|sh|sam|sa|ra}}

===Noun===
{{sh-noun|g=f|head=samsàra}}

# {{lb|sh|uncountable}} {{l|en|samsara}}

====Declension====
{{sh-decl-noun-unc
|samsara
|samsare
|samsari
|samsaru
|samsaro
|samsari
|samsarom
}}

==Spanish==

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m|-}}

# {{l|en|samsara}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}