般涅槃 [py] bānnièpán [wg] pan-nieh-p'an [ko] 반녈반 panyŏlban [ja] ハツネハン hatsunehan ||| (parinirvāna). Perfect nirvāna. Perfect awakening. The death of Śākyamuni. The entrance into extinction that removes one from the cycle of saṃsāra.〔法華經 T 262.9.35a08〕 Perfect tranquility. 

簡稱涅槃。見涅槃條。

parinirvāṇa; 'quite extinguished, quite brought to an end; the final extinction of the individual.' M. W. The death of the Buddha. Nirvana may be attained in this life, parinirvāṇa after it; for the meaning of 'extinction' v. 涅槃. It may also correspond to the suppression of all mental activity. It is also the second of the three grades of nirvana, parinirvāṇa, and mahānirvāṇa, which are later developments and have association with the ideas of Hīnayāna, Madhyamayāna, and Mahāyāna, or the small, middle, and great vehicles; also with the three grades of bodhi which these three vehicles represent; and the three classes of śrāvakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas. Other forms are:般利涅槃那; 波利涅槃那; 般尼洹.