nirvana Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
enlightenment.
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noun any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
promised land; heaven; Eden; Shangri-la; paradise.
WordNet
Nir*va"na noun
Etymology
Skr.Definitions
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 .