nirvṛti (8469)

nirvṛti
Entry 8469, Page 304, Col. 2

(nirvfti, nirvfti)
nirvṛti¦, f. (parallel to nirvṛta, q.v.; already in Skt. extinction, of fire, so e.g. Mv i.66.9; also bliss, happiness, [Page305-a+ 71] in worldly sense, so e.g. Mv i.293.8), (1) like Pali nibbuti (see Childers) = nirvāṇa (Pali nibbāna); so even in Skt. of Jains, Ind. St. 14.385: Mv iii.418.11; LV 38.1 (vs); 46.17 (vs); 245.11 (prose); 355.22 (vs); (2) also like Pali nibbuti (see esp. Childers), destruction, annihilation; but in Pali cited only of destruction of evils, whereas app. in Mv i.134.2--3 used of good things: phala-nirvṛty-apari- kāṅkṣiṇaḥ (of Bodhisattvas), not desiring extinction of the Fruits; v.l. °apratikāṅkṣ°.

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