Nirvana
noun
1 nirvana
Hinduism and Buddhism The beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness.
synonym: enlightenment.
Polish: nirwana
2 nirvana
Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace.
synonyms: Eden, heaven, paradise, promised land, Shangri-la.
Dutch: firmament, nirwana, hemel, hemelrijk, paradijs
Polish: eden, raj, rajski ogród
Roget 2:
inexistence†;
nonexistence,
nonsubsistence;
nonentity,
nil;
negativeness
etc.
adj.;
nullity;
nihility†,
nihilism;
tabula rasa [Lat.],
blank;
abeyance;
absence
etc.
187;
no such thing
etc.
4;
nonbeing,
nothingness,
oblivion.
annihilation;
extinction
etc.
(destruction)
162;
extinguishment,
extirpation,
Nirvana,
obliteration.
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Roget 981:
heaven;
kingdom of heaven,
kingdom of God;
heavenly kingdom;
throne of God;
presence of God;
inheritance of the saints in light.
Paradise,
Eden,
Zion,
abode of the blessed;
celestial bliss,
glory.
[Mythological heaven]
Olympus;
Elysium
(paradise),
Elysian fields,
Arcadia†,
bowers of bliss,
garden of the Hesperides,
third heaven;
Valhalla,
Walhalla
(Scandinavian);
Nirvana
(Buddhist);
happy hunting grounds;
Alfardaws†,
Assama†;
Falak al aflak [Ar.]
the highest heaven"
(Mohammedan).
future state,
eternal home,
eternal reward.
resurrection,
translation;
resuscitation
etc.
660.
apotheosis,
deification.
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Moby thesaurus: Buddha-field, Canaan, Civitas Dei, KO, Lethe, New Jerusalem, Zion, absentmindedness, anorexia, anorexia nervosa, ataraxia, ataraxy, blackout, blank mind, blankmindedness, blankness, bliss, calm of mind, calmness, catalepsy, catatonia, catatony, coma, composure, contemplation, decay of memory, desirelessness, devachan, devaloka, elysium, emptiness of mind, empty-headedness, empyrean, faint, fallow mind, fatuity, foolishness, forgetfulness, forgetting, forgiveness, grayout, happy hunting ground, hazy recollection, heedlessness, imperturbability, inanity, inappetence, kamaloka, kamavachara, kayo, knockout, lack of appetite, lipothymia, lipothymy, lovelessness, lucid stillness, marmoreal repose, mental blankness, nepenthe, nirvana principle, nothingness, obliteration, oblivion, obliviousness, paradise, passionlessness, passivity, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietism, quietness, quietude, repose, rest, restfulness, satori, semiconsciousness, senselessness, serenity, short memory, silence, silken repose, sleep, slumber, stillness, stupor, swoon, syncope, tabula rasa, thoughtfreeness, thoughtlessness, tranquillity, unambitiousness, unconsciousness, undesirousness, uneagerness, unintelligence, unmindfulness, vacancy, vacuity, waters of oblivion, wise passiveness ... show more.
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