ignorance
Avijjā (feminine) [Sanskrit avidyā; from a + vid] ignorance; the main root of evil and of continual rebirth (see paṭicca-samuppāda, cf. S II 6, 9, 12; Snp page 141 and many other passages). See on term Cpd. 83 note 3, 187 f. 262 f. and for further detail vijjā. avijjā is termed an anusaya (D III 254, 282; S IV 205, 208 f., 212); it is one of the āsavā (Vin III 4; D I 84; III 216; It 49; Dhs 1100, 1109), of the oghā (D III 230, 276; Dhs 390, 1061, 1162), of the nīvaraṇāni (S II 23; A I 223; It 8; Dhs 1162, 1486), of the saṃyojanāni (D III 254; Dhs 1131, 1460). See for various characterisatons the following passages: Vin I 1; III 3; D III 212, 230, 234, 274; M I 54, 67, 144; S II 4, 26, 263; III 47, 162; IV 256; V 52; A I 8, 285; II 132, 158, 247; III 84 f., 414; IV 228; It 34 (yā kāc'imā duggatiyo asmiṃ loke paramhi ca avijjāmūlakā sabbā icchā-lobha-sammussayā), 57, 81; Snp 199, 277, 729 (jāti-maraṇa-saṃsāraṃ ye vajanti punappunaṃ ... avijjāyeva sā gati), 730, 1026, 1033 (avijjāya nivuto loko); Dhp 243; Nidd II §99; Pp 21; Dhs 390, 1061, 1162; Dhp-a III 350; IV 161 (°paligha).
【陰】無明，無知。~jogha,【陽】無明流，無知的風潮。
(fem, fem, abstr) ignorance; illusion; not knowing; not understanding ignorance Construction: na > a + √vid + yā