寂じゃく滅めつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

nirvana; extinction of desires; achieving nirvana

Buddhist term for the state of liberation from suffering and the cycle of rebirth, or the process of attaining it. Often used in a religious or philosophical context.

from Sanskrit

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、煩ぼん悩のうを断たち切きって寂じゃく滅めつに至いたることが究きゅう極きょくの目もく標ひょうとされる。

  In Buddhism, cutting off earthly desires and reaching nirvana is considered the ultimate goal.

• 彼かれは長なが年ねんの修しゅ行ぎょうの末すえ、ついに寂じゃく滅めつしたと伝つたえられている。

  It is said that after many years of ascetic practice, he finally attained nirvana.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

death; passing away

Euphemistic or literary use, especially in Buddhist contexts, referring to the death of a monk or a person who has achieved enlightenment. Not used for ordinary death in modern Japanese.

• 高こう僧そうが寂じゃく滅めつされたとの知しらせを受うけた。

  We received word that the high priest had passed away.