निर्वाण nirvāṇ

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Becoming extinguished; disappearance, extinction; dissolution, death.
(Hinduism) Final emancipation from matter and from the necessity for further transmigration, and reunion with the Supreme Spirit, eternal bliss.
(Buddhism and Jainism) Absolute extinction, annihilation.
(Bābā) Final emancipation from matter and reunion with the Supreme Soul in the incorporeal world of souls (the souls remaining close and separated from the Supreme Soul and not merged in Him).
(Bābā) Without voice, without music, beyond sound.

Usual translation

  1. nirvana

Origin of the definition

निर्वाण nirvāṇa nirvā:ṉ (nm) salvation, liberation (from existence; used in Buddhist Philosophy as a technical term); extinction; —प्राप्त करना to achieve salvation.

S نروان निर्वाण nir-vāṇ, vulg. nir-bāṇ, part. adj. (f. -ā), Extinguished (as a fire, &c.); lost, disappeared, extinct; — liberated from existence, dead, deceased; — (S. nir-vāṇam), s.m. Becoming extinguished; disappearance, extinction; dissolution, death; — final emancipation from matter and from the necessity for further transmigration, and reunion with the Supreme Spirit, eternal bliss; — (with Buddhists and Jains) absolute extinction, annihilation.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

82 occurrences

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Avyakts

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Mamma

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Created
Thursday 28 May 2020
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