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What term is associated with the Hindu wheel of life?
A
Re-creation
B
Resubstantiation
C
Redemption
D
Reincarnation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What is samsara? The Sanskrit term samsara translates as “wandering through, ‘’ or “aimless wandering.” Samsara is the concept of reincarnation, a cyclic existence where our spirit or individual soul is trapped in an endless wheel of life, death and rebirth.

Detailed explanation-2: -bhava-cakra, (from Sanskrit: “wheel [cakra] of becoming [bhava]”, ) also called Wheel Of Life, in Buddhism, a representation of the endless cycle of rebirths governed by the law of dependent origination (pratītya-samutpāda), shown as a wheel clutched by a monster, symbolizing impermanence.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hindus generally accept the doctrine of transmigration and rebirth and the complementary belief in karma. The whole process of rebirth, called samsara, is cyclic, with no clear beginning or end, and encompasses lives of perpetual, serial attachments.

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