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Nirvana

2 stages from Sanskrit to English.

Today it means a state of perfect peace and freedom from suffering, or any blissful state
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Stage 1 of 2
nirvana
Sanskrit · ancient
"the extinguishing of suffering"
literally "blowing out", describing the extinguishing of desire and suffering
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Stage 2 of 2
nirvana
English · 1800s
"a state of perfect peace and liberation"
adopted through the study of Buddhist philosophy
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