nirvana
Definitions of nirvana
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any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
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(Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousnesstype of:beatituda state of supreme happiness
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