Found 2 items, similar to nirvana.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Nirvana Nirvana n 1: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness [syn: enlightenment] 2: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn: eden, paradise, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Nirvana Nirvana \Nir*va"na\, n. [Skr. nirv[=a][.n]a.] In the Buddhist system of religion, the final emancipation of the soul from transmigration, and consequently a beatific enfrachisement from the evils of worldly existence, as by annihilation or absorption into the divine. See Buddhism. [1913 Webster]