'Nirvana' definitions:

Definition of 'nirvana'

From: WordNet
noun
(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness [syn: nirvana, enlightenment]
noun
Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la]

Definition of 'Nirvana'

From: GCIDE
  • Nirvana \Nir*va"na\, n. [Skr. nirv[=a][.n]a.] In 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 Buddhism. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'nirvana'

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