| Term |
unawareness
Referenced by: ignorance (alternative term) |
|---|---|
| Tibetan | ma-rig-pa |
| Sanskrit | avidya |
| Pali | |
| Definition | Either simply not knowing or knowing in an inverted, incorrect manner either (1) behavioral cause and effect, or (2) voidness (emptiness), the total absence of impossible ways of existing. Translators often render the term as "ignorance." |
| Translation |
[not-know]; ignorance
* marikpa * ma rig pa |
|---|---|
| Definition |
| Arabic | عدم الوعي |
|---|---|
| German | Unwissenheit |
| French | inconnaissance |
| Italian | inconsapevolezza |
| Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | [not-know]; ignorance |
| Russian | неосознавание |
| Vietnamese | vô minh |