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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 709 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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NIRVANA , the See also:

TERM

term in Buddhist See also:

THEOLOGY

theology, meaning literally " blowing out " or " dying out," Skt. nirv¢, " to See also:

BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow," fora See also:

CALM

calm or sinless See also:

state or See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the mind reached by a dying out or extinction of See also:

sin (see See also:

BUDDHISM

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