Advaita

American  

[uhd-vahy-tuh] / ədˈvaɪ tə /

noun

Hinduism.

1. one of the two principal Vedantic schools, asserting the existence of Brahman alone, whose appearance as the world is an illusion resulting from ignorance.

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Etymology

Origin of Advaita

From Sanskrit

Example Sentences

“Something as intense as the music led me to Advaita Vedanta,” she explained.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2022

She darted among the shelves and offered nutshell biographies of the Holy Trio, sacred figures in her discipline of Advaita Vedanta.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2022

In San Francisco, a fellow musician gave her a book on Advaita Vedanta, a tradition that embraces all faiths as equally valid.

From New York Times • Sep. 26, 2022

This documentary about his humble ashram takes us inside to meet his followers in the study of Advaita Vedanta, an ancient Hindu philosophy of oneness.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2016

Even at the present day the prosperous and intelligent community of Jains follow a similar doctrine and the Advaita philosophy diverges widely from European theism.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir