Noun: reincarnation ,ree-in,kaa(r)'ney-shun
- The Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions
"The concept of reincarnation is central to many Eastern religions"
- A new beginning or revival after decline, destruction, or dormancy
"The company experienced a reincarnation after the new management took over";
- rebirth, renascence
- Embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form)
"his reincarnation as a lion"
Derived forms: reincarnations
Type of: avatar, birth, embodiment, incarnation, nascence [rare], nascency, nativity, theological doctrine
Encyclopedia: Reincarnation