nirvana

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) Complete cessation of dukkha; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.
2. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure or peace.

Sinonieme

heaven

paradise

salvation

beatitude

deliverance

enlightenment

freedom

promised land

release

Eden

Shangri-la

liberty

bliss

Buddha’s death

nirvana dying of lust

blessedness

ecstacy

total extinction

moksha

Elypsium

death of the Buddha

mukti

empyrean

death of a priest

extinction

spiritual liberty

blissfulness

liberation

Vertalings

nirvana

Nirvana

nirvana

paradis

nirvana

Nirwana

اَلنِّرْفَانَا

paraíso

mutluluk

nirvana

μακαριότητα

νιρβάνα

nirwana

Erlösung

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/nɪəˈvɑːnə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Russies: ве́тер

In summary

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.