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Nirvana

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}.

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

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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