avijjā

See also: avijja

Pali

Etymology

By surface analysis, a- +‎ vijjā. Cognate with Sanskrit अविद्या (avidyā). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

avijjā f

  1. ignorance (lack of knowledge)
  2. (Buddhism) avidya, ignorance

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • → English: avijja

Further reading
  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “avijjā”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  • Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 72.
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