Definition of Avidya. Meaning of Avidya. Synonyms of Avidya

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- Avidyā may refer to: Avidyā (Buddhism), a Buddhist concept which denotes ignorance of the four noble truths or misunderstanding of the nature of reality...
- Avidyā is a Sanskrit word whose literal meaning is ignorance, misconceptions, misunderstandings, incorrect knowledge, and it is the opposite of Vidya....
- Avidyā (Sanskrit: अविद्या; Pali: 𑀅𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸, romanized: avijjā; Tibetan phonetic: ma rigpa) in Buddhist literature is commonly translated as "ignorance"...
- statements such as tat tvam asi, "that['s how] you are," destroy the ignorance (avidyā) regarding one's true identity by revealing that (jiv)Ātman is non-different...
- In the Mahayana tradition moha is identified as a subcategory of avidya. Whereas avidya is defined as a fundamental ignorance, moha is defined as delusion...
- ignorance or doubt Avidya (Hinduism), ignorance, a concept in Vedanta. Vidya is knowledge. Literally, Avidya is not knowledge. Avidyā (Buddhism), ignorance...
- is clouded by avidya (ignorance), positing that avidya as a concept would not be able to explain its illusory nature on its own; if avidya were real, the...
- being is composed of three shariras or "bodies" emanating from Brahman by avidya, "ignorance" or "nescience". They are often equated with the five koshas...
- truth-value of avidyā or what is the substratum that is the basis or cause of avidyā? The Upanishads teach that the knowledge of difference is avidyā or ignorance...
- suffering, and in general unsatisfactory and painful, perpetuated by desire and avidya (ignorance), and the resulting karma. Rebirths occur in six realms of existence...