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

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NIRVANA , the

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TERM

term in Buddhist

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THEOLOGY

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

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BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow," fora

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CALM

calm or sinless

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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

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sin (see

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BUDDHISM

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