Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

avidyā अविद्या – ignorance

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine

ignorance

Derived from

  1. a अ previx — negative prefix a-; not; without
  2. vidyā विद्या substantive feminine — knowledge; learning
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

ávidyā ·f. want of knowledge, ignorance.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

ávidyā (wie eben) f. das Nichtwissen, Unwissenheit AK. 1,1,4,16. H. 1374. AV. 11,8,23. VS. 40,12—VS. 40,14. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,1,20. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,2,4 (= BṚH. ĀR. UP. 4,3,20. BṚH. ĀR. UP. 4,4,3). KAṬHOP. 2,4. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 5,1. Vgl. u. abhiniveśa 3. Im Vedānta = māyā ŚKDR. Bei den Buddhisten: Unwissenheit und zugleich Nichtsein BURN. Intr. 473. BURN. Intr. 485. BURN. Intr. 488. BURN. Intr. 506. BURN. Intr. 507. BURN. Intr. 638. LIA. II, 461. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 396. avidyāvarṇana Verz. d. B. H. No. 642.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

avidyā als Śakti Verz. d. Oxf. H. 149,b,38. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 325. fg. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 351.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

ávidyā f. — 1〉 Unwissenheit. Auch als Śakti. — 2〉 buddh. Unwissenheit und zugleich Nichtsein.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

ávidyā f. Unwissenheit.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

avidyā avidyā f. (vid) ignorance.

Occurrences in source texts (16)

IVU 4 occurrences
IVU 9-11: Insufficiency of Knowledge 4 occurrences

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PYS 4 occurrences
PYS 2.3–9: Five Kleśas 3 occurrences

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PYS 2.23–26: From Avidyā to Kaivalya 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5 occurrences
SiSa 1.51-1.64: Selbst als Licht 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1.71-1.81: Avidyā und Elemente 3 occurrences

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SiSa 1.82-1.90: Guṇas und Gegenstände 1 occurrence

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SVU 3 occurrences
SVU 5.1–5.6: The Lord of Cosmic Origins 3 occurrences

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