'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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absentmindedness,
- anorexia,
- anorexia nervosa,
- ataraxia,
- ataraxy,
- blackout,
- blank mind,
- blankmindedness,
- blankness,
- bliss,
- Buddha-field,
- calm of mind,
- calmness,
- Canaan,
- catalepsy,
- catatonia,
- catatony,
- Civitas Dei,
- coma,
- composure,
- contemplation,
- decay of memory,
- desirelessness,
- devachan,
- devaloka,
- elysium,
- emptiness of mind,
- empty-headedness,
- empyrean,
- faint,
- fallow mind,
- fatuity,
- foolishness,
- forgetfulness,
- forgetting,
- forgiveness,
- grayout,
- happy hunting ground,
- hazy recollection,
- heedlessness,
- imperturbability,
- inanity,
- inappetence,
- kamaloka,
- kamavachara,
- kayo,
- knockout,
- KO,
- lack of appetite,
- Lethe,
- lipothymia,
- lipothymy,
- lovelessness,
- lucid stillness,
- marmoreal repose,
- mental blankness,
- nepenthe,
- New Jerusalem,
- nirvana principle,
- nothingness,
- obliteration,
- oblivion,
- obliviousness,
- paradise,
- passionlessness,
- passivity,
- peace,
- peacefulness,
- placidity,
- placidness,
- quiescence,
- quiescency,
- quiet,
- quietism,
- quietness,
- quietude,
- repose,
- rest,
- restfulness,
- satori,
- semiconsciousness,
- senselessness,
- serenity,
- short memory,
- silence,
- silken repose,
- sleep,
- slumber,
- stillness,
- stupor,
- swoon,
- syncope,
- tabula rasa,
- thoughtfreeness,
- thoughtlessness,
- tranquillity,
- unambitiousness,
- unconsciousness,
- undesirousness,
- uneagerness,
- unintelligence,
- unmindfulness,
- vacancy,
- vacuity,
- waters of oblivion,
- wise passiveness,
- Zion