Nirvana (disambiguation)

Nirvana is a concept in Indian religious traditions.

Nirvana may also refer to:

Philosophical concepts

• Nirvana (Buddhism)
• Moksha (Jainism), the terms Nirvana and Moksha means 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–present)
• 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), a 2017 song by Inna
• "Nirvana", a tune by Herbie Mann from the album Nirvana (Herbie Mann and the Bill Evans Trio album), 1964
• "Nirvana", a song by Zoot Sims from the album Nirvana (Zoot Sims and Bucky Pizzarelli album), 1974
• "Nirvana", a song by the Cult from the album Love, 1985
• "Nirvana", a song by The Childrens Choir of Elbosco from the 1995 album Angelis
• "Nirvana", a song by Elemeno P from the album Love & Disrespect, 2002
• "Nirvana", a song by Adam Lambert from the album Trespassing, 2012
• "Nirvana", a song by Sam Smith from the record Nirvana (EP), 2013
• "Nirvana", a song by Jelena Rozga from the album Moderna Žena, 2016
• "Nirvana", a song by Azealia Banks, 2021
• "Nirvana", a song by Katy Perry from the album 143 (Katy Perry album), 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
• Nirvanna the Band the Show, a Canadian mockumentary television series about a fictional band named "Nirvanna the Band"

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 (ヴァンドレッド, Vandoreddo)
• Nirvana, a magical item in the anime series Fairy Tail (フェアリーテイル, Fearī Teiru) 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

• All pages with titles beginning with Nirvana
• All pages with titles containing Nirvana
• Moksha (disambiguation), another similar concept of Indian religions