涅槃

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Noun [edit]

涅槃 (hiragana ねはん, romaji nehan)

  1. nirvana

Mandarin [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Etymology [edit]

From Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, blown or put out, extinguished) or Pali निब्बान (nibbāna). Middle Chinese pronunciation: /net buɑnH/ (Zhengzhang Shangfang).

Noun [edit]

涅槃 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin nièpán)

  1. nirvana

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