Avidya (nescience)

Avidya is a root conception of Vedanta: the ignorance-power that veils the self and projects superimposition. SB 1.3.33: the imposition of 'being and non-being' on the self is her work, and brahma-darshana is precisely its negation.

Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa 1.3.33 — Sanskrit Wikisource (pinned oldid=369178)