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Nirvana

Nirvana Meaning & Definition
Nirvana Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Nirvana?

[n] any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
[n] (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and individual consciousness

Synonyms | Synonyms for Nirvana: eden | heaven | paradise | promised land | Shangri-la

Related Terms | Find terms related to Nirvana: absentmindedness | anorexia | anorexia nervosa | ataraxia | ataraxy | blackout | blank mind | blankmindedness | blankness | bliss | Buddha-field | calm of mind | calmness | Canaan | catalepsy | catatonia | catatony | Civitas Dei | coma | composure | contemplation | decay of memory | desirelessness | devachan | devaloka | elysium | emptiness of mind | empty-headedness | empyrean | faint | fallow mind | fatuity | foolishness | forgetfulness | forgetting | forgiveness | grayout | happy hunting ground | hazy recollection | heedlessness | imperturbability | inanity | inappetence | kamaloka | kamavachara | kayo | knockout | KO | lack of appetite | Lethe | lipothymia | lipothymy | lovelessness | lucid stillness | marmoreal repose | mental blankness | nepenthe | New Jerusalem | nirvana principle | nothingness | obliteration | oblivion | obliviousness | paradise | passionlessness | passivity | peace | peacefulness | placidity | placidness | quiescence | quiescency | quiet | quietism | quietness | quietude | repose | rest | restfulness | satori | semiconsciousness | senselessness | serenity | short memory | silence | silken repose | sleep | slumber | stillness | stupor | swoon | syncope | tabula rasa | thoughtfreeness | thoughtlessness | tranquillity | unambitiousness | unconsciousness | undesirousness | uneagerness | unintelligence | unmindfulness | vacancy | vacuity | waters of oblivion | wise passiveness | Zion

See Also | beatification | beatitude | blessedness | part | region

Nirvana In Webster's Dictionary

\Nir*va"na\, n. [Skr. nirv[=a][.n]a.] In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See {Buddhism}.

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