| Term |
link of unawareness
Referenced by: unawareness, link of (cross-reference only) |
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| Tibetan | ma-rig-pa'i yan-lag |
| Sanskrit | avidya-anga |
| Pali | |
| Definition | The first of the twelve links of dependent arising. Both doctrinally based and automatically arising forms of not knowing how persons exist. Some translators render the term as the "link of ignorance." |
| German | mangelndes Gewahrsein (als Glied des abhängigen Entstehens) |
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| Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... | - |
| Russian | звено неосознавания |
| Vietnamese | vô minh |