avidya

[ uh-vid-yah ]

nounHinduism, Buddhism.
  1. ignorance of the identity of oneself with Brahman, resulting in imprisonment within the cycle of birth and death.

Origin of avidya

1
<Sanskrit avidyā ignorance, equivalent to a-a-6 + vidyā;see vidya

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