Nirvana is a concept in Indian religious traditions.

Nirvana may also refer to:

Philosophical concepts

  • Nirvana (Buddhism)
  • Moksha (Jainism), the terms Nirvana and Moksha mean same in Jainism

Biology

  • Nirvana (leafhopper), a leafhopper genus established by Kirkaldy in 1900
  • Nirvana, a butterfly genus established in 1979, now known as Nirvanopsis

Ships

  • USS Nirvana (SP-706), later USS SP-706, a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission in 1917 and from 1918 to 1919
  • USS Nirvana II (SP-204), a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918

Music

Bands

  • Nirvana (band), an American grunge band (1987–1994)
  • Nirvana (British band), a British psychedelic band (1967–2026)
  • Nirvana (Yugoslav band), a Yugoslav progressive rock band (1970–1976)
  • Nirvana 2002, a Swedish Death metal band (1988–1991)

Albums

  • Nirvana (Herbie Mann and the Bill Evans Trio album), 1964
  • Nirvana (Charles Lloyd album), 1968
  • Nirvana (Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli album), 1974
  • Nirvana (Bucky Pizzarelli album), 1995
  • Nirvana (Nirvana album), 2002
  • Nirvana (Inna album), 2017
  • Nirvana (EP), a 2013 EP by Sam Smith

Songs

  • "Nirvana" (song), by Inna, 2017
  • "Nirvana" (Jelena Rozga song), 2013
  • "Nirvana", by Herbie Mann and the Bill Evans Trio from the album Nirvana, 1964
  • "Nirvana", by Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli from the album Nirvana, 1974
  • "Nirvana", by the Cult from the album Love, 1985
  • "Nirvana", by the Childrens Choir of Elbosco from the 1995 album Angelis
  • "Nirvana", by Elemeno P from the album Love & Disrespect, 2002
  • "Nirvana", by Adam Lambert from the album Trespassing, 2012
  • "Nirvana", by Sam Smith from the EP Nirvana, 2013
  • "Nirvana", by Azealia Banks, 2021
  • "Nirvana", by Katy Perry from the album 143, 2024

Other creative works

  • Nirwana, a book compiled by E. L. de Marigny, Jaime Martijn, and Annemarie Kindt, illustrated by Carl Lundgren, and Alicia Austin
  • Nirvana (1997 film), an Italian science fiction cyberpunk movie
  • Nirvana (2008 film), a Russian drama movie starring Olga Sutulova
  • "Nirvana", a poem by Charles Bukowski, first published in 1991<!-- http://bukowski.net/database/detail.php?WorkNumber=2146 -->
  • Nirvanna the Band the Show, a Canadian mockumentary television series about a fictional band named "Nirvanna the Band"
  • Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, a Canadian movie adapted from the above television series

Fictional elements

  • Mechanus, also known as Nirvana, a Lawful Neutral spiritually aligned outer plane in Dungeons & Dragons
  • Nirvana, a fictional spaceship in the anime series Vandread (, )
  • Nirvana, a magical item in the anime series Fairy Tail (, ) used by the character Oración Seis

Other

  • Nirvana (software), metadata, data placement and data management software
  • Mount Nirvana, the unofficial name of the highest mountain in the Northwest Territories, Canada
  • NEdit, the "Nirvana editor", a text editor for the X Window System

See also

  • Moksha (disambiguation), another similar concept of Indian religions