Advaita

[ uhd-vahy-tuh ]

/ ədˈvaɪ tə /

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noun Hinduism.

one of the two principal Vedantic schools, asserting the existence of Brahman alone, whose appearance as the world is an illusion resulting from ignorance.Compare dvaita (def. 2).

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Origin of Advaita

From Sanskrit

Words nearby Advaita

adunc, adust, ad utrumque paratus, Aduwa, adv., Advaita, ad val., ad valorem, ad valorem tax, advance, advance corporation tax

How to use Advaita in a sentence

Non-differentiation (Advaita ) is the root attitude of the mind inculcated.
Pagan & Christian Creeds|Edward Carpenter
This sounds a topsy turvy argument but it is really the same as the Advaita doctrine.
Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3)|Charles Eliot
Many scholars, both Indian and European, will demur to the high place here assigned to the Advaita philosophy.
Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3)|Charles Eliot
But still the main features of the later Advaita, or philosophy of no duality, are there.
Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3)|Charles Eliot

In fact the Advaita philosophy countenances emotional theism only as an imperfect creed and not as the highest truth.
Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3)|Charles Eliot