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title: "Avidyā — Sanskrit / Vedic | 4th Tarot Glossary"
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description: "Spiritual ignorance — not mere lack of information but a deep structural confusion that mistakes the impermanent for the permanent, the ego for the Self…"
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Sanskrit / Vedic

# Avidyā

अविद्या

Spiritual ignorance — not mere lack of information but a deep structural confusion that mistakes the impermanent for the permanent, the ego for the Self. The root cause of suffering in Vedantic philosophy and the precise mechanism of waking sleep: Atman is not absent, only veiled.

## Appears in These Spreads

### Daily Center Check

1 card

Initiation
https://4thtarot.com/spreads/daily-center

### Shadow Glimpse

1 card

Shadow
https://4thtarot.com/spreads/shadow-glimpse

### Shadow Integration Path

3 cards

Shadow union
https://4thtarot.com/spreads/shadow-integration

## Related concepts

waking sleep

identification

Maya

false personality

unconsciousness

## More in Sanskrit / Vedic

- Ajna Chakra: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/ajna-chakra
- Amrita: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/amrita
- Anahata Chakra: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/anahata-chakra
- Anandamaya Kosha: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/anandamaya-kosha
- Annamaya Kosha: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/annamaya-kosha
- Ardhanarishvara: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/ardhanarishvara
- Atman: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/atman
- Avatar: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/avatar
- Bala Bhava: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/bala-bhava
- Bindu: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/bindu
- Chakra: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/chakra
- Deva: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/deva
- Devi: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/devi
- Dharana: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/dharana
- Dhyana: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/dhyana
- Granthi: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/granthi
- Guru: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/guru
- Ida: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/ida
- Ishvara: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/ishvara
- Jagrat: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/jagrat
- Kali: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/kali
- Manas: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/manas
- Mandala: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/mandala-sanskrit
- Manipura Chakra: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/manipura-chakra
- Manomaya Kosha: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/manomaya-kosha
- Pingala: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/pingala
- Prana: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/prana
- Pranamaya Kosha: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/pranamaya-kosha
- Shakti: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/shakti
- Shiva: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/shiva
- Smriti: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/smriti
- Sunyata: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/sunyata
- Sushupti: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/sushupti
- Svapna: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/svapna
- Trimurti: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/trimurti
- Turiya: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/turiya
- Vivēka: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/viveka
- Yantra: https://4thtarot.com/glossary/yantra

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