अविद्याavidyā

अविद्या (avidyā) is a Sanskrit word meaning unlearned, unwise, ignorance, illusion personified as Maya, illusion or Maya, consisting of five parts and preceding creation. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them General Ignorance or Lack of Knowledge, Avidyā in Puranic Cosmology and Classification, Philosophical Ignorance as Illusion (Māyā).

Definitions: 8

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General Ignorance or Lack of Knowledge

3 definitions

ignorance

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Ignorance

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

want of knowledge, ignorance

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Avidyā in Puranic Cosmology and Classification

2 definitions

Ignorance existing in five degrees.

— The Purana Index

consisting of five parts and preceding creation

— The Purana Index

Philosophical Ignorance as Illusion (Māyā)

2 definitions

1. Illusion personified as Maya. 2. Ignorance together with non-existence.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Ignorance. 2. Spiritual ignorance. 3. Illusion or Maya.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

The Quality of Being Unlearned or Unwise (Adjective)

1 definition

unlearned, unwise

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 5 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.