different between nirvana vs bodhicitta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??????? (nirv??a, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from ???? (nis, “out”) + ?? (v?, “to blow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /n???v??n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /n???v?n?/, /n??v?n?/
• (Indian English) IPA^(key): /n??????n(?)/
• Rhymes: -??n?

Noun

nirvana (countable and uncountable, plural nirvanas)

1. (Buddhism) Complete cessation of suffering; a blissful state attained through realization of sunyata; enlightened experience.
2. (non-Buddhist, colloquial) State of paradise; heightened or great pleasure.

Derived terms

• nerdvana
• nirvanic

Translations

Further reading

• nirvana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Anirvan, navarin

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??????? (nir-v??a, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from ???? (nis, “out”) + ?? (v?, “to blow”).

Noun

nirvana

1. nirvana

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??????? (nir-v??a, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from ???? (nis, “out”) + ?? (v?, “to blow”).

Noun

nirvana m (plural nirvana)

1. nirvana

Related terms

• nirvanico

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??????? (nir-v??a, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from ???? (nis, “out”) + ?? (v?, “to blow”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??na

Noun

nirvana m (plural nirvanas)

1. (Buddhism) nirvana (complete cessation of suffering)

Romanian

Etymology

From French nirvana.

Noun

nirvana f (uncountable)

1. nirvana

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??????? (nir-v??a, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from ???? (nis, “out”) + ?? (v?, “to blow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nir??na/
• Hyphenation: nir?va?na

Noun

nirvàna f (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. nirvana

Declension

References

• “nirvana” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??????? (nir-v??a, “blown or put out, extinguished”), from ???? (nis, “out”) + ?? (v?, “to blow”).

Noun

nirvana m (plural nirvanas)

1. nirvana

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????????? (bodhicitta, literally “mind of enlightenment, spirit of awakening”), from ???? (bodhi, “awakening, enlightenment”) + ????? (cittá, “mind, spirit, reason”).

Noun

bodhicitta (uncountable)

1. In Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment.
2. The bodhisattva path to nirvana.

Translations

See also

• bhumi
• buddha
• Buddha-nature
• enlightenment
• nirvana
• six perfections
• sunyata
• no-mind