1836, from Sanskrit nirvana-s "extinction, disappearance" (of the individual soul into the universal), literally "to blow out, a blowing out" ("not transitively, but as a fire ceases to draw;" a literal Latinization would be de-spiration), from nis-, nir- "out" + va- "to blow" (see wind (n.1)). Figurative sense of "perfect bliss" is from 1895.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Entering the realm of Nirvana is only possible for those who have become pure.
心無(wú)雜念，方可入滅。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Many businessmen think that a world where relative prices never varied would be nirvana.