Noun
In
Jainism
,
Hinduism
,
Buddhism
,
and
some
other
eastern
religions
,
the
ongoing
cycle
of
birth
,
death
,
and
rebirth
endured
by
human beings
and
all
other
mortal
beings
,
and
from
which
release
is
obtained
by
achieving
the
highest
enlightenment
.