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NIRVANA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
Synonyms:
Eden; heaven; nirvana; paradise; promised land; Shangri-la
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("nirvana" is a kind of...):
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
Synonyms:
enlightenment; nirvana
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("nirvana" is a kind of...):
beatification; beatitude; blessedness (a state of supreme happiness)
Domain category:
Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)
Buddhism (the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth)
