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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Word of the Day

29 March 2025

THOUGHTLESS

(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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