 The term which the Bauddhas, as well as Jainas, more particularly affect, and which, however, is also used by the rest, is nirvana, profound calm. In its ordinary acceptation, as an adjective, it signifies extinct, as a fire which is gone out ; set, as...  Miscellaneous Essays - Page 425by Henry Thomas Colebrooke - 1873Full view - About this book
 | John Crawfurd - 1829 - 650 pages
...Indian Sectaries, has, for the first time, given its true explanation in the following passages : — " But the term which the Baudd'has, as well as Jainas,...saint who has passed away : its etymology is from va, to blow as wind, with the preposition tiir used in a negative sense : it means calm and unruffled.... | |
 | John Crawfurd, Clift - British - 1834 - 532 pages
...Indian Sectaries, has, for the first time, given its true explanation in the following passages : — " But the term which the Baudd'has, as well as Jainas,...saint who has passed away : its etymology is from va, to blow as wind, with the preposition nir used in a negative sense : it means calm and unruffled.... | |
 | John Crawfurd, Clift - British - 1834 - 506 pages
...nirvanS,, profound calm. In its ordinary acceptation as an adjective, it signifies extinct, APPENDIX. 141 as a fire which is gone out ; set, as a luminary which...saint who has passed away : its etymology is from va, to blow as wind, with the preposition nir used in a negative sense : it means calm and unruffled.... | |
 | Sir James Emerson Tennent - Buddhist demonology - 1850 - 408 pages
...— profound calm. In its ordinary acceptation it signifies " extinct," as a fire that has gone out. Its etymology is from vd — to blow — as wind,...sense. It means calm and unruffled. The notion which attaches to the word is that of perfect apathy. Other terms distinguish different gradations of pleasure,... | |
 | 1850 - 734 pages
...ordinary acceptation it signifies 'extinct,' as a fire that has gone out. Its etymology is from va — to blow — as wind, •with the preposition nir used...sense. It means calm and unruffled. The notion which attaches to the word is that of perfect apathy. Other terms distinguish different gradations of pleasure,... | |
 | India - 1853 - 530 pages
...ordinary ' acceptation it means ' extinct,' as a fire that has gone out. ' Its etymology is from va, to blow as wind, with the preposition ' nir used in...sense. It means calm and unruffled. The notion which attaches to the word is that of perfect apathy. Other terms distinguish different gradations of pleasure,... | |
 | India - 1853 - 536 pages
...ordinary ' acceptation it means ' extinct,' as a fire that has gone out. ' Its etymology is from va, to blow as wind, with the preposition ' nir used in...sense. It means calm and unruffled. ' The notion which attaches to the word is that of perfect apa' thy. Other terms distinguish different gradations of pleasure,... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - Christianity - 1870 - 484 pages
...prove the safety and salvation of man. "In its ordinary acceptation, as an adjective, it (nirvana) signifies extinct, as a fire which is gone out ; set,...now under consideration is that of perfect apathy." * Thus the hope of the Buddhist is but a poor one ; it is perhaps not so much the prospect of annihilation,... | |
 | Sabine Baring-Gould - Christianity - 1871 - 450 pages
...prove the safety and salvation of man. " In its ordinary acceptation, as an adjective, it (nirvdna) signifies extinct, as a fire which is gone out; set,...acceptation now under consideration is that of perfect apathy."2 Thus the hope of the Buddhist is but a poor one ; it is perhaps not so much the prospect... | |
 | Constance E. Plumptre - Pantheism - 1878 - 422 pages
...Bauddhas as well as Jainas more particularly affect, but which, however, is also used by the other sects, is nirvana, profound calm. In its ordinary acceptation,...a saint who has passed away. Its etymology is from va, to blow as wind, with the preposition nir used in a negative sense : it means calm and unruffled.... | |
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