nirvana
nounA state in which the mind, enlightened as to the illusory nature of the self, transcends all suffering and attains peace.
nounA state in which the soul, having relinquished individual attachments and recognized its identity with Brahman, escapes samsara.
nounAn ideal condition of rest, harmony, stability, or joy.
nounIn Buddhism, the condition of a Buddha; the state to which the Buddhist saint is to aspire as the highest aim and highest good.
nounIn the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of worldly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See
complete
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(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
nounany place of complete bliss and delight and peace