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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for अविद्य

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अविद्यavidyaa.Not educated, unlearned, foolish, unwise, अविद्यानां तु सर्वेषामीहात श्चेद्धनं भवेत् Ms.9.25. also अविद्यक a.…
    1. Not educated, unlearned, foolish, unwise, अविद्यानां तु सर्वेषामीहात श्चेद्धनं भवेत् Ms.9.25. also अविद्यक Adjective Mb.5.16.64.
    2. Not pertaining to knowledge.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -द्या

      1. Ignorance, folly, want of learning. अविद्यायामन्तरे वर्तमानाः Muṇḍ. Up.1.2.8.
      2. Spiritual ignorance; Av.11.8.23; Vāj.4.12.14.
      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 nonexistence.
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अविद्यavidyamfn. unlearned, unwise Mn. ix, 205, &c.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unlearned, unwise Mn. ix, 205, etc.

    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अविद्यavidya[a-vidya] a. uncultured; destitute of knowledge; â, f. ignorance.

    [a-vidya] adjective uncultured; destitute of knowledge; â, feminine; also equal for ignorance.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · अविद्य

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