Meaning and Origin
What does the name Nirvana mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Nirvana
User Submitted Origins
Indian (Sanskrit)
57%
Sanskrit
37%
Nepali
3%
English
3%
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from India says the name Nirvana is of Indian (Sanskrit) origin and means "cycle of birth and death".
- A submission from Tennessee, U.S. says the name Nirvana means "LIBERTY".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun ‖Nir*va"na
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.
Etymology: Skr. nirvāṇa
Other Dictionary Sources
- Any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
- (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness
Wiktionary
- Alternative spelling of Nirwana