avidya

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[apte] a. 1. Not educated, un- learned, foolish, unwise; avidyānāṃ tu sarveṣāmīhātaśceddhanaṃ bhavet Ms. 9. 205. --2 Not pertaining to knowledge. --dyā 1 Ignorance, folly, want of learning. --2 Spiritual ignorance. --3 Illusion, illusion personified or Mā- yā (a term frequently occurring in Vedānta; by means of this illusion one perceives the universe, which does not really exist, as inherent in Brahma which alone really...

[mw] mfn. unlearned, unwise Mn. ix, 205, &c 108,3 18826 f. ignorance, spiritual ignorance AV. xi, 8, 23; VS. xl, 12-14; S3Br. xiv 108,3 18827 f. (in Veda1nta vedānta phil.) illusion (personified as Ma1ya1 māyā); ignorance together with non-existence Buddh. 013712 108,3 18828 mfn. consisting of ignorance. 013713 108,3 18829

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a. 1. Not educated, un- learned, foolish, unwise; avidyānāṃ tu sarveṣāmīhātaśceddhanaṃ bhavet Ms. 9. 205. --2 Not pertaining to knowledge. --dyā 1 Ignorance, folly, want of...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

173

Texts Appeared In

34

DCS: a dark cloud | Monier-Williams: (in Vedānta phil. ) illusion (personified as Māyā ); ignorance together with

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Saṃvitsiddhi 24 13.9%
2. Viṣṇupurāṇa 21 12.1%
3. Yogasūtrabhāṣya 21 12.1%
4. Liṅgapurāṇa 17 9.8%
5. Mahābhārata 15 8.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: avidyā

  avidyāsaṃśayagranthiṃ chittvā gāṃ vicariṣyati

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: avidyā

  jīvasya saṃsṛtīr bahvīr avidyākarmanirmitāḥ

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: avidye

  vidyāvidye mama tanū viddhy uddhava śarīriṇām