nibbāna

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

𑀦𑀺𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
निब्बान (Devanagari script)
নিব্বান (Bengali script)
නිබ‍්බාන (Sinhalese script)
နိဗ္ဗာန or ၼိၿ္ၿႃၼ or ၼိၿ်ၿႃၼ (Burmese script)
นิพฺพาน or นิพพานะ (Thai script)
ᨶᩥᨻᩛᩣᨶ (Tai Tham script)
ນິພ຺ພານ or ນິພພານະ (Lao script)
និព្ពាន (Khmer script)
𑄚𑄨𑄝𑄴𑄝𑄂𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit निर्वाण (nirvāṇa).

Noun

nibbāna n

(Buddhism) nirvana

Usage notes

The word nibbāna takes on many synonyms and epithets in Pali literature, and thus it can be referred to in ways besides nibbāna.

Declension

Declension table of "nibbāna" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	nibbānaṃ	nibbānāni
Accusative (second)	nibbānaṃ	nibbānāni
Instrumental (third)	nibbānena	nibbānehi or nibbānebhi
Dative (fourth)	nibbānassa or nibbānāya or nibbānatthaṃ	nibbānānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	nibbānasmā or nibbānamhā or nibbānā	nibbānehi or nibbānebhi
Genitive (sixth)	nibbānassa	nibbānānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	nibbānasmiṃ or nibbānamhi or nibbāne	nibbānesu
Vocative (calling)	nibbāna	nibbānāni

Descendants

→ Burmese: နိဗ္ဗာန် (nibban)
→ Khmer: និព្វាន (nɨppiən)
→ Lao: ນິພານ (ni phān)
→ Thai: นิพพาน (níp-paan)

Further reading

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “nibbāna”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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