====== avijja ====== ===== avijjā ===== //substantif// (féminin) : **non vision** (littéral), **ignorance**, "nescience" * déclinaison : [[declinaison_noms|thème en -ā]] * étymologie : [[a|a-]] + [[vijja|vijjā]] =====Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede===== **avijjā** (f.) [Sk.avidyā; fr.a + vid] ignorance; the main root of evil and of continual rebirth (see paṭicca-samuppāda,cp.S.II,6,9,12; Sn.p.141 & many other passages).See on term Cpd.83 n.3,187 sq,262 sq.& for further detail vijjā.avijjā is termed an anusaya (D.III,254,282; S.IV,205,208 sq.,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 saṁyojanāni (D.III,254; Dhs.1131,1460).See for various characterisatons the foll.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 sq.,414; IV,228; It.34 (yā kāc’imā duggatiyo asmiṁ loke paramhi ca avijjāmūlakā sabbā icchā-lobha-sammussayā),57,81; Sn.199,277,729 (jāti-maraṇa-saṁsāraṁ ye vajanti punappunaṁ ...avijjāy’eva sā gati),730,1026,1033 (avijjāya nivuto loko); Dh.243; Nd2 99; Pug.21; Dhs.390,1061,1162; DhA.III,350; IV,161 (°paligha). =====Dictionnaire Héritage du Sanscrit, Inria, Gérard Huet (dir.)===== **avidyā** [f. avidya] f. ignorance | phil. la nescience; syn. akhyāti | phil. [vedānta] l'illusion, personnifiée par Māyā; ce concept clé d'advaita fut combattu dans le viśiṣṭādvaita | bd. l'ignorance, 1re cause de souffrance [pratītyasamutpāda].