अविद्या
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- ignorance, particularly in spiritual or religious matters
- (Vedanta) illusion, māyā ()
Etymology
Prefix from Sanskrit विद्या (knowledge, wisdom, learning, teaching, scholarship, science).
Origin
Sanskrit
विद्या
Gloss
knowledge, wisdom, learning, teaching, scholarship, science
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Vidya English
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- अविद्य Sanskrit
- गणित Sanskrit
- विद्या Sanskrit
- विद्यापति Sanskrit
- विद्यार्थिनी Sanskrit
- विद्यार्थिन् Sanskrit
- विद्यालय Sanskrit
- शास्त्र Sanskrit
- विद्या Hindi
- วิทยา Thai
- widyaiswara Indonesian
- విద్య Telugu
- gabbha Pali
- vijjā Pali
- विद्यापीठ Marathi
- វិទ្យា Central Khmer
- វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រ Central Khmer
- Widya Javanese