譯為入滅。常略曰涅槃。見涅槃條。俱舍光記二十三曰：「梵云般涅槃。槃，此云圓。涅槃，此云寂。」
(般涅槃那) parinirvāṇa; 'quite extinguished, quite brought to an end; the final extinction of the individual.' M. W. The death of the Buddha. Nirvana may be attained in this life,parinirvāṇaafter it; for the meaning of 'extinction' v. 涅槃. It may also correspond to the suppression of all mental activity. It is also the second of the three grades of nirvana,parinirvāṇa, andmahānirvāṇa, which are later developments and have association with the ideas of Hīnayāna, Madhyamayāna, and Mahāyāna, or the small, middle, and great vehicles; also with the three grades ofbodhiwhich these three vehicles represent; and the three classes ofśrāvakas,pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas. Other forms are:般利涅槃那; 波利涅槃那; 般尼洹.
簡稱涅槃。見涅槃條。
parinibbāna，另譯為「般泥洹；圓寂；完全涅槃；遍涅槃；究竟涅槃」，名詞)，菩提比丘長老英譯為「最後的涅槃」(final nibbāna)。