Mahanirvana, Mahānirvāṇa, Maha-nirvana: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahānirvāṇa (महानिर्वाण).—total extinction of individuality (according to the Buddhists).
Derivable forms: mahānirvāṇam (महानिर्वाणम्).
Mahānirvāṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and nirvāṇa (निर्वाण).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahānirvāṇa (महानिर्वाण):—[=mahā-nirvāṇa] [from mahā > mah] n. ‘the gr° Nirvāṇa’, total extinction of individual existence, [Buddhist literature]
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Maha, Nirvana.
Starts with: Mahanirvanatantra.
Full-text: Mahanirvanatantra, Brihannirvanatantra, Tryambaka.
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