ajnana | अज्ञान
Ajnana (Devanagari: अज्ञान ISO15919: ajñāna ) means ignorance or the absence of knowledge.
Jiva has eternally turned away from Bhagavan . So, Maya has covered the jiva with three veils of Ajnana called avarana - asatvapadak , abhanapadak , anandapadak .
Jiva is an eternal part of omniscient God. Still, due to these avarana jiva experiences the absence of true divine knowledge.
To combat this knowledge-less state jiva continually strives to attain knowledge.
Also written as agyan.
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