ねはん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ねはん – see the following entry.
【涅槃】
[noun] (Buddhism) nirvana (enlightened experience)
[noun] (Buddhism) short for 仏涅槃 (butsunehan): the death of the Sakyamuni Buddha
[noun] (Buddhism, by extension) death, dying
[noun] (Buddhism) short for 涅槃会 (Nehan-e): an annual Buddhist service held on Parinirvana Day
[proper noun] short for 涅槃経 (Nehan-gyō): the Nirvana Sutra
(This term, ねはん (nehan), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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