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ananda
a·nan·da [ ə nándə ]


noun 
Definition:
 
state of bliss: in Hinduism, a state of bliss that is considered the highest state of being and results from a release from all sense of the body and its demands
[Mid-19th century. < Sanskrit ānanda "joy"]
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