般涅槃はつねはん

Meanings

1

parinirvana; perfect nirvana

Buddhist term for the final, complete nirvana attained at the death of an enlightened being, free from all rebirth.

釈しゃ迦かは八はち十じゅっ歳さいで般はつ涅ね槃はんに入いったと伝つたえられている。
It is said that Shakyamuni entered parinirvana at the age of eighty.

2

the Buddha's parinirvana

Specifically refers to the historical Buddha Shakyamuni's passing into final nirvana.

仏ぶっ教きょうの経きょう典てんには、般はつ涅ね槃はんの様よう子すが詳くわしく描えがかれている。
The Buddhist scriptures describe the Buddha's parinirvana in detail.

3

death (of a Buddha or enlightened being)

In Buddhist contexts, a respectful term for the death of a fully enlightened person; not used for ordinary death.

高こう僧そうの般はつ涅ね槃はんを悼いたみ、多おおくの人ひとが集あつまった。
Many people gathered to mourn the parinirvana of the high priest.