संसार (saṃsāra) is a Sanskrit word meaning see the root sṛ below, wandering through or undergoing transmigration, the circuit of mundane existence and transmigration, the world and secular life, wrong reading for samchara, see under saṃ-sṛ. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Cycle of Existence, Transmigration, Worldly Life, Lexicographical and Etymological Notes, Saṃsāra in Puranic Descriptions.
1. The circuit of mundane existence and transmigration.
2. The world and secular life.
course, passage, passing through a succession of states, circuit of mundane existence, transmigration, metempsychosis, the world, secular life, worldly illusion (आ संसारात् (ā saṃsārāt), ‘from the beginning of the world’), Up.; Mn.; MBh. &c. [ID=226858]
1. The world, the habitation of mortals. 2. Mundane existence.
संसार (saṃsāra) [Printed book page 876] संसार (saṃsāra) m. (-रः (-raḥ))
1 The world, the habitation of mortals.
2 Mundane existence.
E. सम् (sam) together, (mankind,) सृ (sṛ) to go, aff. ख (kha).
[ID=39776]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
The world or mundane existence
संसार (saṃsāra) [Printed book page 796-b] सं-सार (saṃ-sāra)(रः) ((raḥ)) 1. m. The world; mundane existence. [ID=39453]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Course or passage. 2. The world and mundane existence. 3. A succession of births and existences. 4. Transmigration. 5. Worldly illusion. 6. Secular life and worldly pursuits.
संसार (saṃsāra) [Printed book page 742-20] संसार (saṃsāra)m. 1. Course, passage; 2. the course or circuit of mundane existence, the world, असारं संसार (saṃsāra)ं परिमुषितरत्नं त्रिभुवनम् (asāraṃ saṃsāraṃ parimuṣitaratnaṃ tribhuvanam)M.M. v.; 3. a succession of births or existences, e.g. संसार (saṃsāra)ेषु विचित्रेशु पच्यमानाः स्वकर्मभिः (saṃsāreṣu vicitreśu pacyamānāḥ svakarmabhiḥ) or परिवर्तिनि संसार (saṃsāra)े मृतः को वा न जायते (parivartini saṃsāre mṛtaḥ ko vā na jāyate)Hit. i.; 4. transmigration, meta-empsychosis; 5. worldly illusion; 6. secular life, worldly pursuit, कंसारिरपि संसार (saṃsāra)वासनाबद्धशृंखलाम् (kaṃsārirapi saṃsāravāsanābaddhaśṛṃkhalām)Git.G. iii. [ID=39076]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The world. 2. Mundane existence. 3. A succession of births and deaths. 4. Transmigration. 5. Worldly illusion. 6. Secular life. 7. A course or passage.
संसार (saṃsāra) [Printed book page 746-a] संसार (saṃsāra)
m. (-रः (-raḥ))
1. The world, the habitation of mortals.
2. Mundane existence.
3. A succession of births or existences.
4. Transmigration, metempsychosis.
5. Wordly illusion.
6. Secular life.
7. Course, passage.
E. सम् (sam) together, (mankind,) सृ (sṛ) to go, aff. घञ् । (ghañ .)
[ID=41746]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Transmigration. 2. Mundane existence. 3. The world.
1. Transmigration or the cycle of existence. 2. Life in general.
संसार (saṃsāra) [Printed book page 570] संसार (saṃsāra)m. wandering, esp. from one existence into another, metempsychosis, transmigration, the cycle of existence; life i.g. [ID=33908]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
the migration of the soul through repeated existences, or the cycle of worldly life
संसार (saṃsāra) [Printed book page 263-a] saṃsāra,m. the wandering of the soul from one existence to another, metempsychosis; transmigration, 6618; the cycle or round of existence, 181. [√sṛ + sam.] [ID=4330]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
1. The course or circuit of worldly existence, transmigration, or the world. 2. Secular life or worldly illusion.
Saṃ-sāra, as, m. course, passage, passing through a succession of states, course or circuit of mundane existence, transmigration, metempsychosis, the world, secular life, worldly illusion. —Saṃsāra-gamana,am, n. passing from one state of existence to another or from one body to another, transmigration, metem- psychosis. —Saṃsāra-guru, us, m. ‘the Guru of the world,’ epithet of Kāma (god of love). —Saṃ-sāra-maṇḍala, am, n. the circle of the world. —Saṃsāra-mārga, as, m. the road of the world, the course or stage of mundane affairs, the world; the vulva. —Saṃsāra-mokṣaṇa, as, ī, am, libe- rating or emancipating from worldly existence; (am), n. emancipation from the world. —Saṃ-sāra-samudra or saṃsāra-sāgara, as, m. the ocean-like world. [ID=48152]
compared to an ocean, representing the evils of family life and worldly existence
संसार (saṃsāra) [Printed book page 3-550] Saṃsāra — compared to an ocean; the evils of family life as explained by the king of mountains; the necessity of children, the difficulty and anxiety in procuring good hus- bands for daughters, etc;1 the duhham of, explained.2 [Footnote: 1) M. 55. 27; 154. 145-174; Vā. 101. 195-204.]
[Footnote: 2) Vi. VI. 5. 10-56.] [ID=15502]
— The Purana Index
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Definitions on this page come from 10 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
