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Persian · noun · Nature & the Garden
Kinaara
किनारा
also written: Kinara
Meaning
A shore, edge, or border.
See it in the verse
Kinaara in Iqbal’s couplets
Khudi wo bahr hai jis ka koi kinara nahin
Tu aabjoo ise samjha agar to chaara nahin
Selfhood is an ocean that has no shore. If you have taken it for a mere stream, there is no help for you.
Selfhood · Aspiration · Self-Knowledge
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