nirvana
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Noun (2)
- (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousnessSynonyms: enlightenment
- any place of complete bliss and delight and peaceSynonyms: Edenparadiseheavenpromised landShangri-la
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Webster's Dictionary (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]
The Devil's Dictionary
NIRVANA, n. In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.