ALL meanings of nirvana
nir·va·na
N n - noun nirvana (in Buddhism) a transcendent state in which there is neither suffering, desire, nor sense of self, and the subject is released from the effects of karma and the cycle of death and rebirth. It represents the final goal of Buddhism. 1
- noun nirvana (often initial capital letter). 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. 1
- noun nirvana (often initial capital letter) Hinduism. salvation through the union of Atman with Brahma; moksha. 1
- noun nirvana a place or state characterized by freedom from or oblivion to pain, worry, and the external world. 1
- noun nirvana state of bliss 1
- uncountable noun nirvana In the Hindu and Buddhist religions, Nirvana is the highest spiritual state that can possibly be achieved. 0
- uncountable noun nirvana People sometimes refer to a state of complete happiness and peace as nirvana. 0
- noun nirvana 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 0
- noun nirvana a blowing out, or extinction, of the flame of life through reunion with Brahma 0
- noun nirvana 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 0
- noun nirvana any place or condition of great peace or bliss 0