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Today's Topics:
1. Meaning of "Nirvana" (Gayathri Narayanan)
2. Re: Meaning of "Nirvana" (Sai)
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:58:51 -0600 (MDT)
From: Gayathri Narayanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Sanskrit] Meaning of "Nirvana"
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Hi,
Someone told me that the true meaning of the word
"nirvana" is blowing out a candle. Can this be true?
If someone has anything to say on the origin and meaning of
"nirvana", please let me know.
Thanks,
Gayathri
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 17:07:45 -0600
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Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Meaning of "Nirvana"
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Gayatri uvaacha:
>
> Someone told me that the true meaning of the word
> "nirvana" is blowing out a candle. Can this be true?
> If someone has anything to say on the origin and meaning of
> "nirvana", please let me know.
Monier-williams has this to say:
nir-�vANa
Entry nirvANa
Meaning mfn. blown or put out , extinguished (as a lamp or fire) , set
(as the sun) , calmed , quieted , tamed (cf. %{a-nirv-}) , dead ,
deceased (lit. having the fire of life extinguished) , lost ,
disappeared MBh. Ka1v. &c. ; immersed , plunged L. ; immovable L. ;
%{-bhUyiSTha} mfn. nearly extinguished) , or vanished Kum. ii , 53 ; n.
blowing out , extinction , cessation , setting , vanishing ,
disappearance (%{-NaM-kR} , to make away with anything i.e. not to keep
one's promise) ; extinction of the flame of life , dissolution , death
or final emancipation from matter and re-union with the Supreme Spirit
MBh. &c. &c. ; (with Buddhists and Jainas) absolute extinction or
annihilation (= %{zUnya} L.) of individual existence or of all desires
and passions MWB. 137139 &c. ; perfect calm or repose or happiness ,
highest bliss or beatitude MBh. Ka1v. &c. ; N. of an Upanishad ;
instructing in sciences L. ; bathing of an elephant L. ; the post to
which an elephant is tied Gal. ; offering oblations (for 1.
%{nir-vApaNa} ?) L. ; %{-kara} m. `" causing extinction of all sense of
individuality "' , a
vaNa
Entry vaNa
Meaning m. sound , noise MW. (cf. %{dhig-v-}).
vAna
Entry vAna
Meaning 1 mfn. (for 2. see p. 940) blown &c. (cf. %{nir-vANa}) ; n. blowing L. ; a
perfume , fragrance L. ; living ib. ; going , moving , rolling W. ; the rolling of
water or of the tide (esp. the high wave in Indian rivers , commonly called `" the
Bore "') ib.
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