nirvfti
nirvṛti , f. (parallel to nirvṛta , q.v. ; already in Skt. extinction , of fire, so e.g. Mv i.66.9 ; also bliss, happiness , [Page305-a] in worldly sense, so e.g. Mv i.293.8 ), ( 1 ) like Pali nibbuti (see Childers ) = nirvāṇa ( Pali nibbāna); so even in Skt. of Jains, Ind. St. 14.385 ; Mv iii.418.11 ; LV 38.1 ( vs ); 46.17 ( vs ); 245.11 (prose); 355.22 ( vs ); ( 2 ) also like Pali nibbuti (see esp. Childers ), destruction, annihilation ; but in Pali cited only of destruction of evils , whereas app. in Mv i.134.2—3 used of good things: phala-nirvṛty-aparikāṅkṣiṇaḥ (of Bodhisattvas), not desiring extinction of the Fruits ; v.l. °apratikāṅkṣ°.