One of the seven divisions of the island of प्लक्ष . The seven divisions are शिव , यवस , सुभद्र , शान्त , मोक्ष , अमृत and अभय . (5th Skandha, Bhāgavata) .

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मोक्ष means liberation and is generally meant to convey the meaning of the deliverance of the soul from recurring births. The जीवात्मा enshrined in the body has the delusion that it enjoys or suffers happiness or woe. In truth it neither suffers nor enjoys anything. It is detached from all. It is the Supreme Being ( परब्रह्मन् ). When जीवात्मा deserts its woes it gets मोक्ष that is जीवात्मा gets merged with परमात्मा . When once जीवात्मा merges with परमात्मा , जीवात्मा is devoid of happiness or woes. It need not be enshrined in any body. A जीवात्मा getting released from one body joins another new body and thus a जीवात्मा in succession enters thousands of bodies and each time without knowing the absolute Truth laments over its woes. In the words of a ऋषि it is explained thus: " जीवात्मा , which is bliss in itself living in births after births searches for bliss elsewhere just as a person wearing a golden necklace round his neck searches for the same elsewhere." The passage of जीवात्मा from one birth to another and the bodies that enshrine it each time constitutes the worldly life. When once a जीवात्मा thus involved in संसार (mundane existence) gets real knowledge, the knowledge that जीवात्मा and परमात्मा are one and the same, then that जीवात्मा gets final emancipation, liberation from recurring births. It merges with ब्रह्मन् . This is called मोक्ष .

जीवात्मा = The individual soul enshrined in the human body imparting to it life, motion and sensation as opposed to परमात्मा . परमात्मा = The Supreme spirit or ब्रह्मन् संसार = The circuit of life consisting of births and rebirths with sufferings and enjoyments of woes and happiness.