Advaita

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(əd vī′tə)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Ad•vai•ta  (əd vī′tə),USA pronunciation n. [Hinduism.]
  1. Eastern Religionsone of the two principal Vedantic schools, asserting the existence of Brahman alone, whose appearance as the world is an illusion resulting from ignorance. Cf. dvaita (def. 2).
  • Sanskrit

'Advaita' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
dvaita - Vedanta

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