NIRVANA

Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la

(noun) any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

nirvana, enlightenment

(noun) (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

nirvana (countable and uncountable, plural nirvanas)

(Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.

(non-Buddhist, colloquial) State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure.

Anagrams

• Anirvan, navarin

Source: Wiktionary


Nir*va"na, n. Etym: [Skr. nirvansa.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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