im ams a ▁school ▁of ▁H indu ism ▁considered ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁heaven ▁as ▁sufficient ▁to ▁answer ▁the ▁question : ▁what ▁lay ▁beyond ▁this ▁world ▁after ▁death . ▁Other ▁schools ▁of ▁H indu ism , ▁over ▁time , ▁accepted ▁the ▁m ok sha ▁concept ▁and ▁ref ined ▁it ▁over ▁time . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁unclear ▁when ▁the ▁core ▁ideas ▁of ▁s ams ara ▁and ▁m ok sha ▁were ▁developed ▁in ▁ancient ▁India . ▁Patrick ▁Oliv elle ▁suggests ▁these ▁ideas ▁likely ▁origin ated ▁with ▁new ▁religious ▁movements ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁mill en ni um ▁B CE . ▁Mu kt i ▁and ▁m ok sha ▁ideas , ▁suggests ▁J . ▁A . ▁B . ▁van ▁B uit enen , ▁seem ▁trace able ▁to ▁y og is ▁in ▁H indu ism , ▁with ▁long ▁hair , ▁who ▁chose ▁to ▁live ▁on ▁the ▁fr ing es ▁of ▁society , ▁given ▁to ▁self - indu ced ▁states ▁of ▁into xic ation ▁and ▁ec st asy , ▁possibly ▁accepted ▁as ▁medicine ▁men ▁and ▁" s ad hus " ▁by ▁the ▁ancient ▁Indian ▁society . ▁M ok sha ▁to ▁these ▁early ▁concept ▁developers , ▁was ▁the ▁abandon ment ▁of ▁the ▁established ▁order , ▁not ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁an archy , ▁but ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁self - real ization , ▁to ▁achieve ▁release ▁from ▁this ▁world . ▁ ▁In ▁its ▁historical ▁development , ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁m ok sha ▁appears ▁in ▁three ▁forms : ▁V edic , ▁y og ic ▁and ▁b h ak ti . ▁In ▁the ▁V edic ▁period