# जीवन्मुक्ति (jīvanmukti)

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जीवन्मुक्ति (jīvanmukti) is a Sanskrit word meaning emancipation while still alive, right to final emancipation, final liberation in the present state of life. Its 5 recorded definitions are grouped into 2 contexts, among them Liberation While Alive, Right to Final Emancipation.

- **Etymology:** E. जीवत्, and मुक्ति liberation — E. jīvat, and mukti liberation
- **SLP1:** `jIvanmukti`  **IAST:** jīvanmukti  **Devanagari:** जीवन्मुक्ति
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/jivanmukti/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Liberation While Alive (4 definitions)
- emancipation while still alive  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 423,2] जीवन् (jīvan) — मुक्ति (—mukti) f. emancipation while still alive, Madhusūdana (Author) [ ID=79823 ]
- Acquirement of spiritual knowledge and consequent liberation from future birth and ritual acts  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जीवन्मुक्ति (mukti) (jīvanmukti) [Printed book page 352 ] जीवन्मुक्ति (mukti) (jīvanmukti) f. ( - क्तिः (-ktiḥ) ) Acquirement of spiritual knowledge, and consequent liberation from future birth, and ritual acts. E. जीवत् (jīvat), and मुक्ति (mukti) liberation. [ ID=16413 ]
- final liberation in the present state of life  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जीवन्मुक्ति (jīvanmukti) [Printed book page 292-02 ] जीवन्मुक्ति (jīvanmukti) f. final liberation in the present state of life. [ ID=14761 ]
- Attaining spiritual knowledge and liberation from future birth and ritual acts while still alive.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जीवन्मुक्ति (mukti) (jīvanmukti) [Printed book page 291-b ] जीवन्मुक्ति (mukti) (jīvanmukti) f. ( - क्तिः (-ktiḥ) ) Acquirement of spiritual knowledge, and consequent liberation from future birth, and ritual acts. E. जीवत्, (jīvat,) and मुक्ति (mukti) liberation. [ ID=16385 ]

### Right to Final Emancipation (1 definition)
- Right to final emancipation.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > जीवन्मुक्ति (jīvanmukti) [Printed book page 309-b ] जीव - न्मुक्ति (jīva-nmukti) ( क्तिः ) ((ktiḥ)) 2. m. Right to final emancipation. [ ID=15883 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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