निर्वाण [ nirvāṇa ] [ nir-vāṇa ] m. f. n. blown or put out , extinguished (as a lamp or fire) , set (as the sun) , calmed , quieted , tamed ( cf. [ a-nirv ] ) , dead , deceased (lit. having the fire of life extinguished) , lost , disappeared Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

   immersed , plunged Lit. L.

   immovable Lit. L.

   [ nirvāṇa ] n. blowing out , extinction , cessation , setting , vanishing , disappearance ( [ °ṇaṃ-√ kṛ ] , to make away with anything i.e. not to keep one's promise)

   extinction of the flame of life , dissolution , death or final emancipation from matter and re-union with the Supreme Spirit Lit. MBh.

   (with Buddhists and Jainas) absolute extinction or annihilation ( = [ śūnya ] Lit. L.) of individual existence or of all desires and passions Lit. MWB. 137-139

   perfect calm or repose or happiness , highest bliss or beatitude Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

   N. of an Upanishad

   instructing in sciences Lit. L.

   bathing of an elephant Lit. L.

   the post to which an elephant is tied Lit. Gal.

   offering oblations (for 1. [ nir-vāpaṇa ] ?) Lit. L.