nirvana

Nirvana is a place or state of being in peace or complete happiness.

(noun)

See nirvana in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Hinduism a blowing out, or extinction, of the flame of life through reunion with Brahma
Buddhism the state of perfect blessedness achieved by the extinction of individual existence and by the absorption of the soul into the supreme spirit, or by the extinction of all desires and passions
any place or condition of great peace or bliss

Origin: Sans nirvāṇa < nirvā, to blow out < nis-, out + vā, to blow: see wind

See nirvana in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

often Nirvana
a. Buddhism The ineffable ultimate in which one has attained disinterested wisdom and compassion.
b. Hinduism Emancipation from ignorance and the extinction of all attachment.
An ideal condition of rest, harmony, stability, or joy.

Origin:

Origin: Sanskrit nirvāṇam, a blowing out, extinction, nirvana

Origin: : nis-, nir-, out, away

Origin: + vāti, it blows; see wē- in Indo-European roots

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