Advaita

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Sanskrit philosophical term that may be literally rendered in English as nonduality: denoting that though differences and variegation appear in the human condition they are unreal or illusory.
  2. Contraction of Advaita Vedanta (an orthodox philosophical school of Hinduism).

Pronunciation

/ədˈvaɪ.tə/

Word forms

Advaita

Etymology

From Sanskrit अद्वैत (advaita).

Synonyms

advaita vedanta

Related words

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