klesha

[ klesh-uh ]

nounYoga.
  1. any of the five hindrances to enlightenment, which are ignorance or avidya, egocentricity, attachments, aversions, and the instinctive will to live.

Origin of klesha

1
From the Sanskrit word kleśa literally, suffering, distress

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