滅

Extinguish, exterminate, destroy; a tr. of (sa) nirodha, suppression, annihilation; of (sa) nirvāṇa, blown out, extinguished, dead, perfect rest, highest felicity, etc.; and of (sa) nivṛtti, cessation, disappearance. (sa) nirodha is the third of the four axioms: 苦, 集, 滅, 道 pain, its focussing, its cessation (or cure), the way of such cure. Various ideas are expressed as to the meaning of 滅, i.e. annihilation or extinction of existence; or of rebirth and mortal existence; or of the passions as the cause of pain; and it is the two latter views which generally prevail; cf. M017574 10 strokes.