परिनिर्वाणparinirvāṇa

परिनिर्वाण (parinirvāṇa) is a Sanskrit word meaning completely extinguished or finished, the place where Buddha disappeared, completely extinguished or brought to an end, the final extinction of the individual, quite extinguished. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them Philosophical Concept: Final Liberation/Extinction of Individuality, Adjectival: Completely Extinguished/Finished, Geographical: A Place Name.

Definitions: 8

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Philosophical Concept: Final Liberation/Extinction of Individuality

4 definitions

complete extinction of individuality or cessation of rebirths

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Final extinction of the individual

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Final extinction

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Completely extinguished or brought to an end. 2. The final extinction of the individual. 3. The place where Buddha disappeared.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Adjectival: Completely Extinguished/Finished

3 definitions

completely extinguished or finished

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Completely extinguished

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Quite extinguished

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Geographical: A Place Name

1 definition

the place where Buddha disappeared

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 4 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.