WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What term means to be reborn many times, each time into a new body?
A
Meditation
B
Substantiation
C
Reincarnation
D
Dharma
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In addition, Hindus believe in the cycle of death and rebirth – the concept of reincarnation, which is called samsara, meaning that a person can be reborn many times, each of his lives determined by his karma, until he achieves the liberation from this cycle of reincarnations, called moksha32.

Detailed explanation-2: -Saṃsāra (Devanagari: ) means “wandering", as well as “world” wherein the term connotes “cyclic change". saṃsāra, a fundamental concept in all Indian religions, is linked to the karma theory and refers to the belief that all living beings cyclically go through births and rebirths.

Detailed explanation-3: -Moksha is a term in Hinduism which refers to the various forms of liberation or release which occurs when the cycle of dying and rebirth ends.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rebirth simply means being born again. On the other hand, a person who takes rebirth cannot predict what he would be in the next birth. A person who is reborn or takes rebirth does not exhibit the same signs and characteristics of the previous birth.

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