A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Nirvana
This page describes Nirvana which is located on page 424 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Nirvana” according to 77 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
The Markandeya Purana [by Frederick Eden Pargiter]
(* 14) Nir-vana. (* 15) But better, for apyuktam read santyaktam? “Where the objects of the wishes are renounced. ” (* 16) For yatra read tatra? (* 17) Samsucaka: a word not in the dictionary....
Read full contents: Canto XL - The Yogi’s bliss
Complete works of Swami Abhedananda [by Swami Prajnanananda]
We read in one of Buddha s sayings an answer to the question: “In what does Nirvana consist?” He said: “When the fire of lust is extinguished, that is Nirvana; when the fire of hatred and jealousy are extinguished, that is Nirvana; when the false belief and the passions are extinguished, that is Nirvana”....
Read full contents: Chapter 3 - What is Nirvana
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
Nirvana on the Madhyamaka theory is the absence of the essence of all phenomena, that which cannot be conceived either as anything which has ceased or as anything which is produced (aniruddham anutpannam). In nirvana all phenomena are lost; we say that the phenomena cease to exist in nirvana, but like the illusory snake in the rope they never existed....
Read full contents: Part 12 - The Madhyamika or the Shunyavada school.—Nihilism
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