大般涅盘经

Traditional form:

大般涅槃經

Pinyin (reading):

dàbān Nièpánjīng

Definitions:

• Nirvana sutra

Characters:

• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 般 - sort, manner, kind, class
• 涅 - to blacken; slime, black mud
• 盘 - tray, plate, dish; to examine
• 经 - the classics; to experience, to undergo

Traditional characters:

• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 般 - sort, manner, kind, class
• 涅 - to blacken; slime, black mud
• 槃 - tray; to rotate, to turn; to search
• 經 - the classics; to experience, to undergo