adjective

1. without forest, woodless Ja.ii.358.
2. an abstr. fr. nibbāna, see nibbāna I. cp. vana². Freq. nibbāna as variant reading instead of nibbana without cravings Snp.1131 (nikkāmo nibbano); Dhp.283 (nibbanā pl.) Vv.50#14 (better reading nibbāna, in phrase “vanā nibbānaṃ āgataṃ,” as found at AN.iii.346 Thag.691, although the latter has nibbanaṃ in text) explained by “nittaṇhabhāvaṃ nibbānam eva upagataṃ Vv-a.213.

Sk. nirvana