nirvāṇa

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[apte] p. p. 1 Blown or put out, extinguished (as a lamp or fire); nirvāṇavairadahanāḥ praśamādarīṇāṃ Ve. 1. 7; Ku. 2. 23. --2 Lost, disappeared. --3 Dead, deceased. --4 Liberated from existence. --5 Set (as the sun). --6 Calmed, quieted. --7 Plunged. --ṇaṃ 1 Extinction; H. 1. 131; śanairnirvā- ṇamāpnoti niriṃdhana ivānalaḥ Mb. --2 Va- nishing from sight, disappearance. --3 Dissolution, death. --4 Final li- beration or...

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p. p. 1 Blown or put out, extinguished (as a lamp or fire); nirvāṇavairadahanāḥ praśamādarīṇāṃ Ve. 1. 7; Ku. 2. 23. --2 Lost, disappeared. --3 Dead, deceased. --4 Liberated from...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

165

Texts Appeared In

38

DCS: a sin or offence through which one becomes disgraced

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra 37 22.4%
2. Mūlamadhyamakārikāḥ 27 16.4%
3. Mahābhārata 12 7.3%
4. Liṅgapurāṇa 9 5.5%
5. Aṣṭasāhasrikā 8 4.8%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: nirvāṇam

  ātmānaṃ brahmanirvāṇaṃ bhagavantam avāpa ha

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: nirvāṇam

  sattvena vṛddhena rajas tamaś ca vidhūya nirvāṇam upaity anindhanam

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: nirvāṇaṃ

  saṃyāsyaty āśu nirvāṇaṃ dravyajñānakriyābhramaḥ