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Mahavira & Concept of Transinigration / 95
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Samsara
In the Sarvarthsiddhi, samsara has been explained thus: Samsaranam. Samsarh parivartanam, ityarhah. The word samsaranam means transmigration, cycle of wandering, metamorphosis. The word parivartana means change. The beings go round and round in samsara due to their attachment with the karmic particles. Travelling of the self tied to false notions and impurities across numerous bodies is called samsara. The existence in samsara is the existence in bondage, the very opposite of liberation. The concept of samsara forms an essential stand in the theory of rebirth and karma. The being or the self leaves one body and assumes another body afterwards leaves that body also. In this way the self takes and leaves body repeatedly. Transmigration means going from birth to birth. Perversity of outlook is the root cause of worldly existence.
