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涅槃

niè pán

2-character word

What 涅槃 means

1. Buddhism(loanword from Sanskrit) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die (abbr. for {涅槃那|niè pán nà})

The characters in 涅槃

• 涅niè(literary) alunite (formerly used as a black dye); (literary) to dye black
• 槃pánvariant of 盘; wooden tray

Example sentences

• 卫塞节是佛教的一个节日，纪念佛陀的诞生、成道和涅槃。
  Wèi sāi jiē shì Fójiào de yī gè jiérì, jìniàn Fótuó de dànshēng, chéngdào hé nièpán.
  Vesak is a Buddhist holiday which celebrates the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha.

Words starting with 涅槃

• 涅槃经Niè pán Jīng(Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra

Words containing 涅槃

• 大本涅槃经Dà běn Niè pán Jīng(Buddhism) the Nirvana Sutra
• 大般涅槃经Dà Bān niè pán Jīng(Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, aka the Nirvana Sutra, of which two major…

Sounds the same

Read niè pán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 涅磐variant of 涅槃