avidya

avidya mfn. (-dyaḥ-dyā-dyaṃ)

1 Foolish, unwise.

2 Not relating to knowledge.

f. (dyā)

1 Ignorance.

2 Spiritual ignorance.

3 Illusion.

4 Personified illusion or Māyā.

E. a priv. and vidyā knowledge.

avidya a-vidya, as, ā, am (rt. 1. vid, to know),

unlearned, unwise, foolish; not relating to know-

ledge; (ā), f. ignorance, spiritual ignorance, illusion,

personified illusion or Māyā; (with Buddhists) igno-

rance together with non-existence. —Avidyā-maya,

as, ī, am, caused by ignorance or illusion.

avidya a.

1 Not educated, unlearned, 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 Māyā (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 exists). The term appears also in the systems of Gautama, Patañjali, Kapila, where it has different bearings; (with Buddhists) ignorance together with non-existence.

avidya a. ignorant, without knowledge.

avidya a-vidya, a. uncultured; destitute
of knowledge; ā, f. ignorance.

a-vidya mfn. unlearned, unwise, Mn. ix, 205, &c.

avidya

mfn. (-dyaḥ-dyā-dyaṃ)

1. Foolish, unwise.

2. Not relating to knowlege.
f. (-dyā)

1. Ignorance.

2. Spiritual ignorance.

3. Illusion.

4. Per-
sonified illusion or Māyā.

E. a priv. and vidyā knowledge.

avidya a. 1 Not educated, unlearned, foolish, unwise, avidyānāṃ tu sarveṣāmīhāta śceddhanaṃ bhavet Ms.9.205. also avidyaka a. Mb.5.160.64. -2 Not pertaining to knowledge. -dyā 1 Ignorance, folly, want of learning. avidyāyāmantare vartamānāḥ Muṇḍ. Up.1.2.8. -2 Spiritual ignorance; Av.11.8.23; Vāj.40.12.14. -3 Illusion, illusion personnified or Māyā (a term frequently occurring in Vedānta; by means of this illusion one perceives the universe, which does not really exist, as inherent in Brahman which alone really exists). The term appears also in the systems of Gautama, Patañjali, Kapila, where it has different bearings; (with Buddhists) ignorance together with non-existence.

a-vidya- (et °vidvāṃs- partic.) a. non instruit ; -ā- f. ignorance; non connaissance du réel (philos.).

avidya (3. a + vidyā) adj. der keine Studien gemacht hat M. 9, 205.

avidya Adj. ungebildet Spr. 684. 7833. ohne Wissen 685.

avidya ohne Wissen, unwissend.