अद्वैत

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Hindi [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Sanskrit अद्वैत (advéta, not two)

Noun [edit]

अद्वैत  (advait) m

  1. absolute oneness, one without a second, non duality.
  2. monism
  3. a branch of Hinduism, advaita vedanta.

Related terms [edit]

References [edit]

  • McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993

Sanskrit [edit]

Etymology [edit]

अ- (a-, not) +‎ द्वैत (dvaita, dual)

Adjective [edit]

अद्वैत (ádvaita)

  1. non-dual (ŚBr., etc.)
  2. unrivalled
  3. unique

Declension [edit]

Noun [edit]

अद्वैत (ádvaita) m

  1. non-duality
  2. belief that the universal soul and the individual soul are one
  3. belief that spirit and matter are one
  4. absolute truth

Declension [edit]

Usage notes [edit]

In the instrumental singular अद्वैतेन (advaitena), it has the adverbial value of "only."

Proper noun [edit]

अद्वैत (ádvaita) m and n

  1. epithet of Vishnu
  2. name of an Upanishad

Declension [edit]

References [edit]

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0019