Advaita

noun

Advai·​ta

əd-ˈvī-tə

: Vedantic nondualism that denies the separateness of any aspect of reality from the impersonal oneness of Brahma

Word History

Etymology

Sanskrit, from a- a- entry 2 + dvaita duality, from dvi two

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

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