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