Meaning Of The Word Nirvana

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nirvana
uncountable noun: In the Hindu and Buddhist religions, Nirvana is the highest spiritual state that can possibly be achieved.

nirvana in American English
a blowing out, or extinction, of the flame of life through reunion with Brahma
noun: 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 but postponed by the Bodhisattva

nirvana in British English
noun: 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

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