nirvana

soteriological goal within the Indian religions
Intangible religious_concept Q42927
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nirvana

Summary

nirvana is a religious concept[1]. nirvana ranks in the top 5% of religious_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,299 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • nirvana's instance of is recorded as religious concept[3].
  • nirvana is a type of salvation[4].
  • nirvana's Commons category is recorded as Nirvana (Buddhism)[5].
  • nirvana's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nirvana (Buddhism)[6].
  • nirvana's facet of is recorded as Buddhism[7].
  • nirvana's facet of is recorded as Hinduism[8].
  • nirvana's facet of is recorded as Jainism[9].
  • nirvana's facet of is recorded as Sikhism[10].
  • nirvana's described by source is recorded as A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms[11].
  • nirvana's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • nirvana's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[13].
  • nirvana's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • nirvana's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • nirvana's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • nirvana's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sa', 'text': 'निर्वाण'}[17].
  • nirvana's different from is recorded as Nirvana[18].
  • nirvana's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].

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Definition and Type

nirvana's instance of is recorded as religious concept[3]. nirvana is a type of salvation[4].

Influence

Things named for nirvana include nirvana fallacy[20], an informal fallacy[21].

Why It Matters

nirvana ranks in the top 5% of religious_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,299 views/month).[2] nirvana has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] nirvana is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for nirvana include nirvana fallacy[20], an informal fallacy[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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