涅槃

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Noun

涅槃 (hiragana ねはん, romaji nehan)

  1. nirvana

Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

Etymology

From Sanskrit निर्वाण (nir-vāṇa, blown or put out, extinguished) or Pali निब्बान (nibbāna). Middle Chinese pronunciation: /net buɑnH/ (Zhengzhang Shangfang).

Noun

涅槃 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin nièpán)

  1. nirvana

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