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English word nirvana comes from Sanskrit वा, Sanskrit निस् (Out, forth, away &c.)

वा (Sanskrit)

निस् (Sanskrit)

Out, forth, away &c.

निर्वाण (Sanskrit)

Blown or put out, extinguished (as a lamp or fire), set (as the sun), calmed, quieted, tamed, dead, deceased (lit. having the fire of life extinguished), lost, disappeared. Immersed, plunged. Immovable (Buddhism, Jainism) absolute extinction or annihilation (= शून्य) of individual existence or of all desires and passions. (Hinduism) extinction of the flame of life, dissolution, death or [...]

nirvana (English)

(Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.. (non-Buddhist colloquial usage) State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure.

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