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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nir•va•na /nɪrˈvɑnə, -ˈvænə, nɚ-/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Eastern Religions[often: Nirvana] (in Buddhism ) the final release from the cycle of being reborn again, that comes as a result of the ending of individual passion and hatred;
salvation. - a place or state in which there is freedom from pain and worry.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nir•va•na (nir vä′nə, -van′ə, nər-),USA pronunciation n. - (often cap.) Pali, nibbana. [Buddhism.]freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations, with their consequent suffering, as a result of the extinction of individual passion, hatred, and delusion: attained by the Arhat as his goal but postponed by the Bodhisattva.
- (often cap.) [Hinduism.]salvation through the union of Atman with Brahma;
moksha. - a place or state characterized by freedom from or oblivion to pain, worry, and the external world.
- Sanskrit nirvāṇa
- 1830–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: nirvana /nɪəˈvɑːnə nɜː-/ n - final release from the cycle of reincarnation attained by extinction of all desires and individual existence, culminating (in Buddhism) in absolute blessedness, or (in Hinduism) in absorption into Brahman
Etymology: 19th Century: from Sanskrit: extinction, literally: a blowing out, from nir- out + vāti it blows |