Meaning & use
nirvana
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A state of perfect peace, happiness, and freedom from suffering or desire.
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After months of practicing meditation, she described her calmest sessions as a kind of nirvana.
The quiet cabin by the lake felt like nirvana after weeks of city noise.
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In Buddhism and Hinduism, nirvana specifically means liberation from the cycle of suffering and rebirth; in everyday English it's used more loosely for any blissful, peaceful state.
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