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avidya

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a⋅vid⋅ya

[uh-vid-yah]
–noun Hinduism, Buddhism.
ignorance of the identity of oneself with Brahman, resulting in imprisonment within the cycle of birth and death.
Compare vidya.


Origin:
< Skt avidyā ignorance, equiv. to a- a- 6 + vidyā; see vidya
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