Mokṣa or mukti generally means liberation from the condition of bondage associated with ignorance, karma and repeated birth and death (saṃsāra). It is a major spiritual goal in many Hindu traditions, though different schools describe both the bondage and liberation differently.
Advaita explains liberation through the realization of one's nondual identity with Brahman. Some theistic Vedānta schools describe liberation as an enduring relationship with the supreme, without erasing the reality of the individual self. Sāṃkhya-Yoga emphasizes discriminative insight and kaivalya, often discussed alongside but not always identical to mokṣa. Mokṣa is not simply worldly happiness, success, or a promise that hardships disappear immediately. Specific claims about who is liberated, by what means, and in what state must be attributed to a particular school or text.