[nib-bah-nuh] 
[nir-vah-nuh, -van-uh, ner-] | 1. | (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. |
| 2. | (often initial capital letter) Hinduism. salvation through the union of Atman with Brahma; moksha. |
| 3. | a place or state characterized by freedom from or oblivion to pain, worry, and the external world. |
| Main Entry: | nibbana |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | nirvana; the release from the cycle of rebirth and the extinction of all desires and aversions; the attainment of enlightenment |
| Etymology: | Pali 'extinction'; Sanskrit nirvana |
| Usage: | nirvanic adj |