avijjā

== 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 ignorance (lack of knowledge) (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.