AVIDYA

Meaning of AVIDYA in English

(ˌ)əˈvid(ˌ)yä noun

also avij·ja -i(ˌ)jä

( -s )

Etymology: Sanskrit avidyā, literally, ignorance, from a- a- (II) + vidyā knowledge — more at wit

Hinduism & Buddhism : ignorance ; specifically : blindness to ultimate truth

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

AVIDYA — /euh vid"yah/ , n. Hinduism, Buddhism. ignorance of the identity of oneself with Brahman, resulting in imprisonment within the cycle …
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AVIDYA — (Sanskrit), in the Buddhist chain of dependent origination, the ignorance that fetters man to transmigration. See pratitya-samutpada.
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AVIDYA — Авидья
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AVIJJA — noun see avidya
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VIDYA — /vid"yah/ , n. Hinduism, Buddhism. transcendental knowledge leading toward Brahman. Cf. avidya . [ vidya knowledge ]
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KLESHA — /klesh"euh/ , n. Yoga. any of the five hindrances to enlightenment, which are ignorance or avidya, egocentricity, attachments, aversions, and …
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PRATITYA-SAMUTPADA — (Sanskrit"origination by dependence") Pali paticca-samuppada the chain, or law, of dependent origination, or the chain of causation-a fundamental concept of …
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JNANA — Sanskrit Jana (knowledge), in Hindu philosophy, knowledge that is a total experience of its object, particularly the supreme being or …
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ADVAITA — (Sanskrit: "Nondualism," or "Monism"), most influential of the schools of Vedanta, an orthodox philosophy of India. While its followers find …
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АВИДЬЯ — Avidya
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