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nirvana |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nirvana \Nir*va"na\, n. [Skr. nirv[=a][.n]a.] 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nirvana n 1: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and individual consciousness 2: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: {eden}, {paradise}, {heaven}, {promised land}, {Shangri-la}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: NIRVANA, n. In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it
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