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Entry मुमुक्षु

मुमुक्षुmumukṣua.Desirous of releasing or liberating.
1. Desirous of releasing or liberating.
2. Wishing to discharge.
3. About to shoot (arrows etc.); तस्यापरेष्वपि मृगेषु शरान् मुमुक्षोः R.9.58.
4. Wishing to be free from worldly existence, striving after final emancipation.
Derived forms and compounds
- -क्षुः A sage striving after final emancipation or beatitude; अन्तर्यश्च मुमुक्षुभिर्नियमितप्राणादिभिर्मृग्यते V.1.1; Ku.2.51; एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैरपि मुमुक्षुभिः Bg.4.15.
In the Gita4·15

एवं ज्ञात्वा कृतं कर्म पूर्वैरपि मुमुक्षुभिः ।

evaṁ jñātvā kṛtaṁ karma pūrvairapi mumukṣubhiḥ, — So knowing was work done by the men of old who sought liberation; do therefore, thou also, work of that more ancient kind done by ancient men. 4·15
- मुमुक्षुभिःmumukṣubhiḥinstrumental plural of the masculine noun mumukṣu (one who seeks liberation) .
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