mukti | मुक्ति
mukti (Devanagari: मुक्ति ISO15919: mukti) means freedom or liberation.
e.g. a person committed a crime and was imprisoned for it. After serving his sentence he is free to walk away.
In spiritual context, jiva has been defying the divine laws since beginning-less time. So, jiva has been in this samsara under the bondage of maya.
Liberation from this bondage is called mukti. It is also called moksha (Devanagari: मोक्ष ISO15919: mokṣa)
It is of five kinds:
- sarshti - attaining equality with God in opulence,
- samipya - living in close proximity of God,
- salokya - living in the same abode of God,
- sarupya - having the same four-armed form as God,
- sayujya, kaivalya or ekatva - merging into the Impersonal Brahm.
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REFERENCE
Prema Rasa Madira - The Intoxicating Bliss of Divine Love, Vol. 1, Ch. 3