transcription, транскрипция: [ nir-ˈvä-nə, (ˌ)nər- ]
noun
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Sanskrit nirvāṇa, literally, act of extinguishing, from nis- out + vāti it blows — more at wind
Date: 1801
1. : the final beatitude that transcends suffering, karma, and samsara and is sought especially in Buddhism through the extinction of desire and individual consciousness
2.
a. : a place or state of oblivion to care, pain, or external reality ; also : bliss , heaven
b. : a goal hoped for but apparently unattainable : dream
• nir·van·ic -ˈvä-nik, -ˈva- adjective