Where does “અવિદ્યા” come from?
અવિદ્યા (Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit अविद्या, from Sanskrit विद्या, from Sanskrit शास्त्र, from Proto-Indo-Aryan śāstra.
અવિદ્યા (Gujarati): ignorance, lack of knowledge; maya, illusion
Definitions
- ignorance, lack of knowledge; maya, illusion
Ancestry of “અવિદ્યા”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | अविद्या | ignorance, particularly in spiritual or religious... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | विद्या | knowledge, wisdom; science, philosophy; an... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | शास्त्र | shastra, scripture; science, knowledge |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śāstra | — |