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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—N

Nirvana

Annihilation, or rather the final deliverance of the soul from transmigration (in Buddhism). Sanskrit, nir, out; vâna, blow. (See Gautama.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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