Advaita

See also: advaita

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ədˈvaɪ.tə/(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Proper noun

Advaita

1. (Hinduism) 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 and are not ultimately true.
2. Contraction of Advaita Vedanta (an orthodox philosophical school of Hinduism).

Synonyms

• advaita vedanta

Related terms

• vedanta

Translations

Hindu doctrine holding that differences in the human condition are illusory

• Polish: adwajta f, adwaita f
• Portuguese: advaita m