Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Abrahma-Vit | "person ignorant of Brahman"

Abrahma-Vit

Abrahma-Vit (IAST)
Translation: "person ignorant of Brahman"
From Mandukya Upanishad (Verse 10)

A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (Monier-Williams)
Sanskrit: अ-ब्रह्म-विद्
Transliteration: A-brahma-vid
Translation: "not knowing Brahma or the Supreme Spirit"

Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads (Swami Sharvananda)
Sanskrit: अब्रह्मवित्
Transliteration: abrahma-vit
Translation: "person ignorant of Brahman"


References:
  1. Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary: Etymologically and Philologically Arranged with Special Reference to Cognate Indo-European languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press
  2. Sharvananda, Swami (1920). Mundaka and Mandukya Upanishads: With Sanskrit Text; Paraphrase with Word-For-Word Literal Translation, English, Rendering and Comments. Mylapore, Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math