samsara (saṃsāra ; संसार)

(Language: Sanskrit)

Short Description: Literally, “wandering;” in Hinduism and Buddhism, transmigration or the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth

Long Description: Literally, “wandering;” in Hinduism and Buddhism, transmigration or the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth; also, the world of apparent flux and change.

Sources: The Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, edited by Dr. Rama P. Coomaraswamy