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From the Sanskrit word Nirvam which means a blowing out, extinction.

Nirvana : nis-, nir-, out, away + vti, it blows.

Nirvana is the ideal state of joys, peace, understanding, and stability. One that has reached Nirvana has relinquished all worldly desires and earthly possessions. Reaching Nirvana stops the cycle of Re-encarnation. [1]

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