Meaning of NIRVANA
| Pronunciation: | | nir'vânu
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | eden, heaven, paradise, promised land, Shangri-la |
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| | See Also: | | beatification, beatitude, blessedness, part, region | |
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| | Definition: | | Nirvana
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| | Definition: | | \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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