Nirvana Definition–noun | 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. | |
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