nirvana
noun/nɪəˈvɑːnə/
/nɪrˈvɑːnə/
[uncountable]- (in Buddhism) the state of peace and happiness that a person achieves after giving up all personal desiresTopics Religion and festivalsc2Word Originfrom Sanskrit nirvāṇa, from nirvā ‘be extinguished’, from nis ‘out’ + vā- ‘to blow’.
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