As a Hindi name
मोक्ष्य · adj
जो मोक्ष के योग्य हो । मोक्ष का आधिकारी — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
to be liberated, to be saved
Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "mokṣya" is derived from "mokṣ" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
mokṣ cl. 1. Ā. mokṣate (rather Desid. fr. √ 2. muc; fut. mokṣiṣyate, MBh.), to wish to free one's self, seek deliverance, Kāṭh. (cf. Pāṇ. vii, 4, 57); to free one's self from (acc.), shake off, MBh. ; cl. 10. P. (Dhātup. xxxiii, 57; rather Nom. fr. mokṣa, below), mokṣayati (mc. also Ā. ˚te; Impv. mokṣayadhvam, MBh.; fut. mokṣayiṣyati, ˚te, ib.; inf. mokṣitum, Hariv. v.l.), to free or deliver from (abl.), Gaut.; Yājñ.; MBh. &c.; to liberate, emancipate (from transmigration), Hariv.; to loosen, untie, undo, Suśr.; to detach, extract, draw out of (abl.), AitBr.; to wrest or take away anything from (abl.), Hariv.; to shed, cause to flow (blood), Suśr.; to cast, hurl, fling, Dhātup.
mokṣ 1 P., 10 U. (mokṣati, mokṣayati-te) 1 To release, set free, liberate, emancipate. 2 To loose, untie, undo. 3 To wrest away. 4 To cast, hurl, fling. 5 To shed. 6 To detach, extract.
mokṣya mfn. to be liberated, to be saved, Hariv.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
mokṣya mfn. to be liberated, to be saved, Hariv.
mokṣ cl. 1. Ā. mokṣate (rather Desid. fr. √ 2. muc; fut. mokṣiṣyate, MBh.), to wish to free one's self, seek deliverance, Kāṭh. (cf. Pāṇ. vii, 4, 57); to free one's self from (acc.), shake off, MBh. ; cl. 10. P. (Dhātup. xxxiii, 57; rather Nom. fr. mokṣa, below), mokṣayati (mc. also Ā. ˚te; Impv. mokṣayadhvam, MBh.; fut. mokṣayiṣyati, ˚te, ib.; inf. mokṣitum, Hariv. v.l.), to free or deliver from (abl.), Gaut.; Yājñ.; MBh. &c.; to liberate, emancipate (from transmigration), Hariv.; to loosen, untie, undo, Suśr.; to detach, extract, draw out of (abl.), AitBr.; to wrest or take away anything from (abl.), Hariv.; to shed, cause to flow (blood), Suśr.; to cast, hurl, fling, Dhātup.
mokṣ 1 P., 10 U. (mokṣati, mokṣayati-te) 1 To release, set free, liberate, emancipate. 2 To loose, untie, undo. 3 To wrest away. 4 To cast, hurl, fling. 5 To shed. 6 To detach, extract.
Alternative readings
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