nirvARa p. p. 1 Blown or put out, extinguished (as a lamp or fire); nirvARavEradahanAH praSamAdarIRAM Ve. 1. 7 ; Ku. 2. 23. 2 Lost, disappeared. 3 Dead, deceased. 4 Liberated from existence. 5 Set (as the sun). 6 Calmed, quieted. 7 Plunged. — RaM 1 Extinction; H. 1. 131 ; SanErnirvARamApnoti niriMDana ivAnalaH Mb. 2 Vanishing from sight, disappearance. 3 Dissolution, death. 4 Final liberation or emancipation from matter and reunion with the Supreme Spirit, eternal bliss, nirvARamapi manye'hamaMtarAyaM jayaSriyaH Ki. 11. 69 ; R. 12. 1. 5 (With Buddhists) Absolute extinction or annihilation, complete extinction of individual or worldly existence. 6 Perfect and perpetual calm, repose; Ki. 18. 39. 7 Complete satisfaction or pleasure, supreme bliss, highest felicity; aye labDaM netranirvARaM Ś. 3 ; M. 3. 1 ; Śi. 4. 23 ; V. 3. 21. 8 Cessation, desisting. 9 Vacuity. 10 Union, association, confluence. 11 The bathing of an elephant; as in anirvARa at R. 1. 71. 12 Instruction in sciences. Comp. — purARaM offering oblations to the dead (?) — BUyizWa a. almost vanished or departed; see under nirvA (3) above. — mastakaH final emancipation or deliverance, final beatitude.