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| nir·va·na [ neer vnə, nur vnə ] |
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1. spiritual enlightenment: in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, the attainment of enlightenment and freeing of the spiritual self from attachment to worldly things, ending the cycle of birth and rebirth
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2. completely enjoyable experience: an ultimate experience of some pleasurable emotion such as harmony or joy
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| [Mid-19th century. < Sanskrit< nirvā- "be extinguished" < nis- "out" + vā- "to blow"] |
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