According to Hinayana, what an arhat or Buddha attains upon death when the stream of continuity of his or her tainted aggregates is cut, like the extinguishing of a butter lamp.
Tibetan: ཡོངས་སུ་མྱ་ངན་འདས། yongs-su mya-ngan 'das
Sanskrit: parinivāṇa
Pali: parinibbana parinibbāna
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