nirvana
(निर्वाण ; nirvāṇa)
|
|
(Language: Sanskrit) |
Alternate Spellings: |
|
Short Description: |
In Buddhism (and Hinduism), liberation; absorption in the Absolute |
Long Description: |
In Buddhism (and Hinduism), ultimate liberation from samsara (the cycles of rebirths or the flow of cosmic manifestation), resulting in absorption in the Absolute; the extinction of the fires of passion and the resulting, supremely blissful state of liberation from attachment and egoism. |
Example(s): |
|
Source(s): |
|
Notes & References: |
|
|
Related Terms: |
|
|
|
|
|