| MOKSHA | In Hinduism, the final release of the soul from a cycle of incarnations |
| NIRVANA | In Buddhism and Hinduism, the final release from the cycle of reincarnation (7) |
| EMBODIMENT | A typical example of incarnation |
| AVATAR | Talking of incarnation - in Virginia, Tara! (6) |
| AZRAEL | In Islam and other Abrahamic religions, the angel who severs the soul from the body at death (6) |
| ROTATION | A word for a spin of a planet, turn of a wheel or other axial turn; a cycle of alternating arable fields for crops or felling trees; a mathematical curl; or, any recurrent order (8) |
| KRISHNA | In Hinduism, the most celebrated of the deities whose story is told in the Mahabharata (7) |
| ROTA | From the Latin for "wheel", a round, such as Sumer is icumen in a cycle of duty; a schedule; or, a hurdy-gurdy (4) |
| AGAMI | In Hinduism, the karma created now, the consequences of which affect future events; a type of heron native to Central and South America |
| SAMSARA | In Hinduism, the endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth (7) |
| BRAHMAN | In Hinduism, the Ultimate Reality in the universe (7) |
| DHARMA | In Hinduism, the eternal laws of the universe (6) |
| NANDI | In Hinduism, the sacred white bull that serves as the mount (vahana) of Shiva (5) |
| SKANDA | In Hinduism, the god of war and firstborn son of Shiva, also known as Kartikeya (6) |
| IDYLLS | - of the King; tracing the legend of King Arthur, his knights and love for Guinevere, a cycle of 12 narrative poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (6) |
| EVENT | The final release for the occasion (5) |
| BETATEST | In computing, an external trial of new software to identify bugs prior to release of the final version (4,4) |
| EVENTFUL | The final release almost full and so busy (8) |
| RECLUSE | Secure the release of the figure imprisoned: a loner (7) |
| BRAHMA | In Hinduism, the creator of the cosmos (6) |
