nirvana

Noun

Meaning

In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of wordly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

enlightenment eden bliss Shangri-La paradise heaven promised land buddhism arcadia dreamland buddha elysium camelot zion deliverance
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Antonyms

gehenna acheron memory hell abyss inferno
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Hypernyms

beatitude region part beatification blessedness

Anagrams

Anirvan navarin

Examples

Finding Nirvana is like locating silence. Jack Kerouac

Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come. Rabindranath Tagore

People act like Nirvana invented grunge; they just took it and personified it. Billy Corgan

Heaven is home. Utopia is here. Nirvana is now. Edward Abbey

The REM and Nirvana successes don't mean much to me except as a potential distraction for bands who want to cash in on the trend. Don't try to sound like someone else. REM and Nirvana don't sound like anyone else. Greg Ginn

If you're a big Nirvana fan, a big Hole fan, then I understand why you would want to get to know me, but I'm not my parents. Frances Bean Cobain

Close letter words and terms

NIRS nirsevimab niru nirvana fallacy nirvanic nirvanol