Nirvana
//nɪɹˈvɑnə// noun, slang
noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Complete cessation of dukkha; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience. countable, uncountable
- 2 any place of complete bliss and delight and peace wordnet
- 3 State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure or peace; a state of universal perfectionin which everyone lives in bliss. colloquial, countable, uncountable
"Welcome to this celebration of legal abortion. I wish January 22 meant more than that. The truth is that we are not winging our way to a state of nirvana for reproductive rights."
- 4 (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness wordnet
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More examples"Why is it that in every goddamn Smashing Pumpkins video I watch, some idiot compares them to Nirvana in the comments? What the fuck?"
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from निस् (nis, “out”) + वा (vā, “to blow”), the second part cognate with Russian ве́тер (véter, “wind”), weather, vent and wind.
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