nirvana
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nə, -ˈvæn noun
1.
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.
Origin:
1830–40; < Sanskrit nirvāṇa
1830–40; < Sanskrit nirvāṇa
Related forms
nir·va·nic, adjective
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nirvana (nɪəˈvɑːnə, nɜː-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| Buddhism, Hinduism 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 | |
| [C19: from Sanskrit: extinction, literally: a blowing out, from nir- out + vāti it blows] | |
| nir'vanic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
nirvana
1836, from Skt. nirvana-s "extinction, disappearance" (of the individual soul into the universal), lit. "to blow out, a blowing out" ("not transitively, but as a fire ceases to draw;" a literal Latinization would be de-spiration), from nis-, nir- "out" + va "to blow" (see wind (n.)).
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Example sentences
For some people, a state of deep focus is office nirvana.
Melis is one of many researchers around the world vying to reach hydrogen nirvana.
You'll never get to nirvana like that.
Others arrived during the hippie back-to-nature days, in search of nirvana and cheap land.
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