The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1597 page)

 
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(Skt.,
muc
, ‘release’, ‘liberation’). In Hinduism, one who has attained
mok
a
or
mukti
. One whose liberation from attachment and desire occurs during one's life is a
jivanmukta
; one whose liberation occurs in the discarnate state after death is a videha-mukta. A jivanmukta, though released, remains in this world due to unripened karmic residues (
karm
-
ayas
), as a potter's wheel continues to turn once the potter's hand is removed.

 
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(Hind
, Pañj
b
, ‘liberated ones’).
1
Those who have achieved salvation (cf. MUKTA).
2
Five Sikhs who received
initiation
immediately after the
Pañj Py
re
.
3
Forty Sikhs who died fighting at Chamkaur.
4
See
MUKTSAR
.

 
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(Skt., from
muc
, ‘release’, ‘liberation’). In Vedic Skt., mukti meant release from the limitations of the body and mind, effected by ritual action. Later the term became identified with
mok
a
. This is the term used by Sikhs for liberation from successive rebirths.